Fundal height and abdominal circumference has been used for predicting fetal weight by many obstetricians for a long time. The results has proved: there are relatively relationship between, measurement values and fetal weight with the correlation coefficient (r=0.7). The error prediction was high, due to the misleading factor: abdominal thickness. This is differ from mother to others. This should be eliminated by using the actual uterine height (AUH) and actual uterine circumference (AUC) value. The results of this study demonstrated that: a close correlation between AUH (x1); AUC (x2); AUH+AUC (x3) and fetal weight (y) with correlation function and correlation coefficient as follow: Y=206.8x1-311.2; r>0.9; Y=79x2-3369.9; r>0.9; Y=57.6x3-3348; r>0.9; This appear to be a higher accurate method in fetal weight assessment.
Fetus ; Birth Weight

Longitudinal study of 157 children from 14-18 weeks of gestation to 5 years after delivery to find out relationship between weight gain during pregnancy and birth weight with IQ index of children 5 years of old. Raven's test (Progressive Matrices) was used to evaluate mental development of child. The results showed that: there was positive correlation between birth weight and IQ index. The children with lower birth weight will have IQ index lower after 5 years delivery. In addition to, the results of study showed that: weight gain during pregnancy had strong positive correlation with birth weight
Pregnancy ; Weight Gain ; Birth Weight ; Child

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Birth Weight* ; Leukocytes* ; Parturition* ; Zinc*

Objective: This study determined the status of screening for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) at a university hospital and correlated birth weight (BW) and age of gestation (AOG)with ROP staging. Methods: Clinical records of premature babies referred for ROP screening from July 2007 to August 2008 were included in the study. They were reviewed if they met the inclusion criteria of BW less than 1,500 grams and AOG less-than-28 weeks. These parameters were correlated with the ROP staging. Results: A total of 65 babies were included in the review, 20 (10 males and 10 females) of whom met the criteria for ROP screening. Only 7 were seen by an ophthalmologist. The mean BW was 1.35 kg with AOG of 32 to 33 weeks. Two babies had stage-II ROP, 1 of whom improved after indirect laser treatment. There was strong correlation between BW and ROP (r = –0.60, p = 0.13) and between AOG and ROP (r = –0.56, p = 0.19), but the results did not reach statistical significance. Conclusion Less than half of premature babies who met the inclusion criteria for ROP screening were evaluated by an ophthalmologist. Ophthalmologists and pediatricians should work together to increase the capture rate of ROP screening among babies born preterm.
Retinopathy of Prematurity ; Birth Weight ; Sepsis

Great importance has been attributed to birth weight all over the world because it is considered as one of the best predictors of prenatal survival and a good indicator of quality life. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of low birth weight babies (LBW) and factors related to it in Baghdad city. A cross sectional study was carried out in four general hospitals in Baghdad city, Iraq. A total of 225 newborn babies, alive, singleton and without congenital malformation were selected randomly from these four general hospitals.The result of the study showed the prevalence rate of low birth weights was 21.3%. Mothers’ educational level, monthly family income, mothers with chronic hypertension, mothers with history of previous low birth weight infants and anemic mothers were significantly associated with low birth weight babies (P= 0.03, 0.01, 0.02,<0.01, 0.02) respectively. It is clearly evidenced the lack of equity in populations and disparity in socioeconomic status are common related factors for the low birth weight babies as can be seen as a public and global health problem.
Infant, Low Birth Weight ; Iraq

Among premature and low birth weight infants admitted between March 1970 and February 1977, 228 infants who were clinically normal and older than 7 hospital days are evaluated as to the changes of baby weight. The average postnatal weight loss was 18 to 8 per cent during the first 7 to 17 days after birth. Infants refained their birth weight at the age of 15 to 17 days in the weight group of 1001 to 1250g 9 to 10 days in 1251 to 1500g, 13 to 15 days in 1501 to 1750g, 14 to 16 days on 1751 to 2000g, 11 to 13 days in 2001 to 2250g, 7 to 8 days in 2251 to 2500g. Postnatal weight gain in this study corresponded well to Dancis postnatal growth curve.
Birth Weight ; Humans ; Infant* ; Infant, Low Birth Weight* ; Infant, Newborn ; Parturition ; Weight Gain* ; Weight Loss

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Humans ; Infant, Low Birth Weight* ; Infant, Newborn ; Pregnancy* ; Premature Birth*

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Humans ; Infant, Low Birth Weight* ; Infant, Newborn

Low birth weight (under 2,800g) has been shown to be related to poor infant outcome both in terms of elevated mortality and morbidity. Early indentification of low birth weigh infants by mean of using the rule to measure chest and arm circumference at the time of infant discharge from the community health service or at home may enable limited the risk of new born. This can be determine, since arms, chest circumference has a good correlation with birth weight. The cut – off point of = 9cm in arm circumference and = 29cm in chest circumference was being used as a predictor of high risk in infant with low birth weight under 2,800g
Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Low Birth Weight ; mortality

A study on 222 women who had given birth from January 2003 to March 2004 at Thanh Mien district, Hai Duong province in order to define several risk factors of low birth weight. Results: the average weight of the newborns was 2805.4 ± 529.7gram. Most of the mothers had secondary education level or lower (78.4%). Average height of mothers was 153.9 ± 5,2cm; 95.5% of mothers had height ≥145 cm. More than 90% of mothers’ weight before pregnant was ≥40 kg. Average number of pregnant was 2.1± 1.2 times. Average weight gain of mothers in 9 months of pregnancy was 7.9±3.4kg. 91% of mothers had been comfortable during pregnancy. Mothers who had uncomfortable feeling during pregnancy had higher risk of low birth weight than mothers who had not that. The rate of ferrous sulfate supplement accounted for 69.4%. There were 41% of mothers used at least one kind of drugs during pregnancy.
Infant, Low Birth Weight ; Risk Factors