Impacto del soporte nutricional en niños con restricción de crecimiento intrauterino, en el Hospital de Especialidades José Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca, periodo 2020.

Abstract

The objective of this present study was to identify whether the nutritional support applied to those born before 40 weeks due to Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR), helps the growth in weight, length, and head perimeter to catch up from zero weeks of corrected age similar to that of full-term newborns who are considered normal in terms of growth. For this, we realized a non-experimental, retrospective, analytical study of cases and controls, carried out in the Jose Carrasco Arteaga Hospital, in the year 2020, with a total of 62 newborns. The cases were neonates born in the fortieth week of pregnancy or the least diagnosed with IUGR, and the controls were the normal anthropometric measurements; this excludes the neonates born diagnosed with IUGR and who presented disformagenetic characteristics; diagnosed with IUGR and those who have passed away before having made it to week zero of corrected age, and those born with IUGR who presented hydrocephalus at the week zero of corrected age. The information was taken from the AS400 system and was processed in the statistical program, SPSS 26, using descriptive and inferential statistics. The population was predominately masculine in gender; the majority of the gestational age was between 36 and 39 SG; the median weight was located between 2121 – 2500 grams; a length of more than 46cm, and a head perimeter of 31.3-33 cm. Furthermore, it was shown at the 40th week of corrected age to have a median of 2700 grams in weight, 49.5 cm in length, and a head perimeter of 34 cm; the body weight was noticeably inferior in the pattern of reference. It is concluded that the body weight at 40 weeks of corrected age was less than the reference pattern. Correlation studies are recommended to determine their relationship to the growth and development of this group of patients.