| Clinical Observation for Prematurity and Low Birth Weight Infant. |
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Kyung Nam Kim, Jong Wan Kim, Kyoo Hong Cho, Young Heon Kwak |
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Department of Pediatrics, Catholic Medical College，Seoul，Korea |
| 미숙아 및 저출생 체중아에 대한 임상적 고찰 |
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김경남, 김종완, 조규홍, 곽영헌 |
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카톨릭의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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Infants who are delivered prior to the term are subject to various disorders which complicate
their neonatal course. Neonatal mortality rises progressively with increasing degrees of
prematurity.
We attempted to know the incidence of birth rate and mortality rate for prematurity and
low birth weight infants who were delivered at Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, Catholic
Medical College located in Bupyung Dong, Incheon during the 2 years from January, 1979 to
December, 1980.
The results were as follows;
1) Incidence of prematurity was 6.9% and low birth weight infant was 10.1%. In incidence
by sex, male exceeded the female in prematurity and female exceeded the male in. low birth
weight infant.
2) Incidence of prematurity and low birth weight infant by maternal age was most prevalent
among mothers under 20 years and over 36 years, and the incidence by parity was higher in
primiparity than in multiparity.
3) Causative disease of mother who delivered prematurity or low birth weight infant was
in. order of multiple pregnancy, toxemia, syphilis, premature rupture of membrane and plancenta
previa.
4) The initial weight loss was appeared on average 4.5th day after delivery with total
weight loss 139.6gm and average weight loss was 33. 0 gm/day and average weight gain was
24.9 gm/day.
5) Neonatal mortality rate of prematurity and low birth weight infant by birth weight and
gestational period was lower in the group of higher birth weight infant and more prolonged
gestational period, but mortality rate was high if the gestational age was over 40 weeks.
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| Key Words:
Prematurity and Low birth weight intant, clinical study |
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