Bajo peso al nacer en nacidos vivos a término entre Enero y Junio del 2015, en la Clínica Humanitaria de la Fundación Pablo Jaramillo Crespo

Low birth weight in live birth newborns, January-June 2015. Clínica Humanitaria, Fundación Pablo Jaramillo Crespo. BACKGROUND: Low birth weight (newborn with less than 2 500gr), is one of the most important causes of perinatal and infancy morbidity and mortality. Every year more than 20 million children are born with less than 2 500gr, more than 96% of these cases occur in developing countries, which demonstrates more likelihood of this situation occurring in poor socioeconomic conditions. Mortality in the first year of life is 14 times higher in newborns with low birth weight. The aim of this research is to study the association of low birth weight in full-term newborns with extra-fetal risk factors in the Humanitarian Clinic of the Pablo Jaramillo Crespo Foundation in Cuenca, between January and June 2015. METHODS: A case-control study, aimed to relate extra-fetal factors to low birth weight in full-term new-borns. We included a total of 453 patients, treated between January and June 2015. Socio-demographic variables of the mother, preventive factors and morbidity were evaluated. According to inclusion and exclusion criteria, 53 cases and 400 controls were obtained. RESULTS: There was a higher frequency of low neonatal weight in young women and adolescents, in those who come from rural areas, in those who had a partner, 14% of mothers with morbidity during pregnancy had low neonatal weights. There was no statistical significance between low neonatal weight and prenatal controls, substance use and maternal morbidity. CONCLUSION: There was a higher frequency of low neonatal weight in young women and adolescents, in those who come from rural areas, in those who had a partner. We didn’t find statistical association between any of the variables and low birth weight.