Neonatal Outcome of Macrosomia

Authors

  • Subhash Chandra Shah Department of Paediatrics, KIST Medical College, Imadol, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Anusmriti Guragain Department of Paediatrics, KIST Medical College, Imadol, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Shreejana Pandey Department of Paediatrics, KIST Medical College, Imadol, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Ajaya Kumar Dhakal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v40i2.28917

Keywords:

appropriate for gestation age, macrosomia, neonatal sepsis

Abstract

Introduction: Macrosomia is an emerging public health problem, both in the developed as well as in the developing countries. This study was aimed to examine the maternal and neonatal risk factors associated with macrosomia and compare adverse neonatal outcome between appropriate for gestational age (AGA) and macrosomia.

Methods: Records of all live singleton AGA and macrosomic babies delivered at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Lalitpur, Nepal, between 14th April 2013 and 13th April 2014 were retrospectively reviewed.

Results: Of the 769 deliveries, 684 neonates were eligible of which 93 were born macrosomic with an incidence of 12.1%. We observed the most significant neonatal outcome to be neonatal sepsis (14%; p = 0.005) compared to AGA babies (5.9%). Macrosomia was found to be associated with increasing maternal age and parity (p = 0.007) relative to mothers of AGA babies, most of whom underwent caesarean section (55.9%) whilst the same outcome was fewer for mothers of AGA babies (29.9%). A higher incidence of pregnancy induced hypertension (PIH) as maternal comorbidity (5.4%) was associated with macrosomia contrasted with mothers of AGA babies (4.4%).

Conclusion: Macrosomic birth was found to be associated with relatively higher adverse neonatal outcome, warranting prolonged hospital admission than AGA births.

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Published

2020-09-11

How to Cite

Shah, S. C., Guragain, A., Pandey, S., & Dhakal, A. K. (2020). Neonatal Outcome of Macrosomia. Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society, 40(2), 114–119. https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v40i2.28917

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 2 (2020)

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