Características de los recién nacidos macrosómicos atendidos en el Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso durante el periodo 2009-2014

Abstract

Background: Fetal macrosomía is a public health problem associated with multiple risk factors, with a worldwide prevalence of 9% of children born weighing more than ≥4.000 grams and ≥5.000 and 0.1% grams, with large variations between different countries. General objective Determine the characteristics of macrosomic newborns treated at the "Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso" from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2014. Methodology This was a descriptive study whose universe consisted of the corresponding perinatal medical records macrosomic births attended at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital in the period from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2014. To collect the information a pre made form was used, tabulate the data using Microsoft Excel. For data analysis SPSS statistical software version 15 we were used. Results Of the 31,459 newborns in the study period prevalence of newborns macrosomic 7.7 per 1000 live births, the majority of patients were male with 61%, based on the weight at birth was found 94.69% weighed between 4,000 and 4,499 grams. According to the weight ratio 62.2% are asymmetric macrosomic infants