Retard de croissance postnatale du prématuré : étude rétrospective à propos de 80 cas

Somatic growth from birth to 6 months in low birth weight, in Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

“…In Senegal, Faye et al [32] reported extra-uterine growth retardation (86%), underweight (61%), and underweight at 40 weeks post-conception (41%), at 3 months and at 6 months of gestation-adjusted age. Other higher rates of underweight were reported in Morocco (77.5%) [33], Tunisia (55%) [34], China (56.8%) [35] and Japan (49%) [36].…”

Medium-Term Outcome in a Cohort of Newborns with Low Birth Weight: A Prospective Study about 255 Cases

“…Among vulnerable groups, low weight is between due to other intervening factors such as poor The identification of low birth weight children at birth is highly dependent on the growth curve of reference used. Thus, the curves of the "ideal" reference established at birth growth should concern only a population of newborns from pregnancies without pre-existing maternal diseases or fetal damages of a region or country [3,4]; For the study, we chose to refer to the curves of Leroy and Lefort. Our study showed that from a disadvantaged background, poor socio-economic conditions, physical and psychological stress are all purveyors of prematurity and IUGR factors.…”