Low Birth Weight (LBW) Analysis in the South Konawe Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

Low Birth Weight in South Asia

Intrauterine growth and development is one of the most vulnerable process in the human life cycle and it’s aberrations can result in profound and lasting influence in later life. In the context of developing countries, intrauterine growth has been invariably assessed by birth weight. Although it may be reasonable to infer that fetuses who have experienced growth restriction in utero will be lig...

Review of Low Birth Weight Prediction Models in Indonesia

Low birth weight is one of the most significant contributors to the neonatal mortality rate. It has been an important public health issue in many developing countries. Several prediction models have been developed to forecast newborn delivery weight using a wide range of regression analysis and maternal and neonatal data from Indonesia. However, there has not been any comparison study to invest...

Why Low Birth Weight (LBW) is Still a Problem in Kerala: A preliminary exploration

Incidence of low birth weight in mazandaran province, northern iran.

OBJECTIVES Low Birth Weight (LBW) has an important role in the mortality and morbidity of neonates and the incidence of LBW may vary across different environments. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and some related factors of LBW in Mazandaran province, Northern Iran. METHODS In this longitudinal study, all live births that were born in 5 maternity hospitals in Mazandaran p...

Comparison of motor development of low birth weight (LBW) infants with and without using mechanical ventilation and normal birth weight infants

Background: To determine whether using mechanical ventilation in neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) influences motor development of low birth weight (LBW) infants and to compare their motor development with normal birth weight (NBW) infants at the age of 8 to 12 months using Peabody Developmental Motor Scale 2 (PDMS-2). Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 70 LBW infants in ...