Open AccessComparative study of Clinical Assessment of Nutritional status score and proportionality indices in the assessment of fetal malnutrition in term newborns
Author(s) -
Beatrice Nkolika Ezenwa,
E O Iroha,
Veronica Chinyere Ezeaka,
M T Egri-Okwaji
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.182075
Subject(s) - underweight , anthropometry , medicine , wasting , malnutrition , standard score , body mass index , skin fold , pediatrics , obstetrics , overweight , statistics , mathematics
Fetal malnutrition (FM) which describes the underweight/wasting seen in newborns is a significant contributor to perinatal morbidity and mortality and requires proper documentation. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status of term newborns at birth using Clinical Assessment of Nutritional (CAN) status score and four other anthropometric indices and to compare the efficiency of CAN score and the anthropometric indices in identifying FM in term newborns.