Importância pediátrica dos recém-nascidos com baixo peso ao nascer

Abstract

Objectives: Birth weight is a parameter used throughout the world to evaluate the health status of the newborn. Thus, the study aimed to analyze the association between birth weight and maternal and obstetric variables in a hospital in the countryside of the state of Ceara, Brazil. Methodology: A quantitative and retrospective study was carried out using secondary data from medical records of parturients attended at a maternity hospital in the city of Sobral, State of Ceara. The data analyzed were dated in 2015. The research was submitted and approved by the Ethics Committee of Universidade Estadual Vale do Acarau (UVA). Results: In 2015, 1,101 declarations of live births resident in Sobral, state of Ceara, were filled out, all of which are valid as object of study. Birth weight ranged between 2,500g and results lower than the average were considered low weight (LBW). The percentage of neonates with LBW in the period studied was 27.2%. Conclusion: Considering LBW a dangerous and problematic parameter in the current scenario, it is important that pre- and perinatal care be strengthened to effectively prevent and intervene in unfavorable outcomes for mother and child.