Clinical assessment of nutritional status at birth.

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dc.contributor.authorMehta, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorTandon, Aen_US
dc.contributor.authorDua, Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorKumari, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, S Ken_US
dc.date.accessioned1998-05-27en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-27T06:04:36Z
dc.date.available1998-05-27en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-27T06:04:36Z
dc.date.issued1998-05-27en_US
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: Clinical assessment of nutritional status of neonate using CAN score and comparison with other methods of determining intrauterine growth. DESIGN: Cross sectional study. SETTING: Tertiary care hospital. SUBJECTS: 637 consecutive, liveborn singleton neonates with known gestational age and no major congenital malformation. METHODS: Birth weight, length, midarm circumference and head circumference recorded in newborns. Ponderal index and mid arm to head circumference ratio was calculated. Clinical assessment of nutritional status was done on the basis of CAN score and compared with other methods. RESULTS: CAN score < 25 separated 60% of the babies as well nourished and 40% as malnourished. Weight for age and Ponderal Index classified 70-75% of babies as well nourished (AGA) and 25-30% as malnourished. Also MAC/HC classified nearly half the babies as well nourished and half as malnourished. CONCLUSION: CAN score may be a simple clinical index for identifying fetal malnutrition and for prediction of neonatal morbidity associated with it, without the aid of any sophisticated equipments.en_US
dc.description.affiliationNeonatology Unit of Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMehta S, Tandon A, Dua T, Kumari S, Singh SK. Clinical assessment of nutritional status at birth. Indian Pediatrics. 1998 May; 35(5): 423-8en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/14792
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://indianpediatrics.neten_US
dc.subject.meshAnthropometryen_US
dc.subject.meshBirth Weighten_US
dc.subject.meshFetal Growth Retardation --diagnosisen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshInfant, Newbornen_US
dc.subject.meshNeonatal Screening --methodsen_US
dc.subject.meshNutrition Assessmenten_US
dc.subject.meshNutritional Statusen_US
dc.subject.meshReproducibility of Resultsen_US
dc.subject.meshSensitivity and Specificityen_US
dc.titleClinical assessment of nutritional status at birth.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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