Perspectivas nutricionais aos mil dias de vida de crianças nascidas pré-termo

Abstract

Objective: To identify the profile of preterm infants treated at the Kangaroo Method outpatient clinic at one thousand days of age. Methods: Retrospective study of the series of cases, with data collected from records of outpatient consultations in the follow-up of the kangaroo method, from Instituto de Medicina Integral Prof. Fernando Figueira (IMIP, Recife-PE). For the interpretation of the anthropometric data of weight, length \ stature and Body Mass Index (BMI) and obtaining the nutritional diagnosis, the Z score of the anthropometric indicators was used through the program Anthro, version 3.2.2. Data on social characteristics, number of prenatal consultations, age, marital status, color, type of work and maternal schooling were collected. Statistical analysis was performed through the SPSS program version 22.0, approved in the ethics committee under the CAEE number 64457716.1.0000.5201. Results: A positive correlation was observed between birth weight and weight at one thousand days of life (p = 0.002), as well as between birth length and height at one thousand days of life (p = 0.007). The pre-natal efficacy was directly related to the better classification of birth weight (p = 0.33). Conclusion: Most children studied and followed up in the kangaroo method had a good classification of the nutritional status at one thousand days of life, which may be explained by the effective follow-up in the outpatient clinic of the Kangaroo Method, performed at the referral hospital where the study was conducted.