Neonatal and Pediatric Medicine
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Fetal Macrosomia at Gabriel Toure Hospital: Prevalence and Perinatal Prognosis

Received Date: Oct 03, 2023 / Published Date: Oct 31, 2023

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Macrosomia is a concern in the daily practice of the neonatologist. The aim of this work was to investigate the socio-demographic, clinical and survival aspects of macro-somic neonates. It was a retrospective and descriptive study ran from 01/01/2017 to 31/12/2019. Were included, all macro-somic neonates hospitalized in neonatology service during the study period. Forty-six macro-somic new-borns were included, accounting for a hospital frequency of 0.71%.  The predominant maternal age group was 20-29 years. Pregnancy was monitored in 73.9% of cases. Gestational diabetes represented 30.4% of cases. Pregnancy term was not specified in 43.5% of cases, and was exceeded in 6.5%. The main complications recorded were a sero-sanguineous bump observed in 41.3% of cases, clavicle fracture in 10.9%, cephalo-haematoma in 6.5%, humerus fracture and obstetric brachial plexus palsy in 2.2% each. Hypoglycemia was observed in 39.1% of patients, 13% of whom died. New-borns were hospitalized for perinatal anoxia in 52.2% of cases, followed by neonatal infection in 47.8% and respiratory distress in 41.3%. At least a quarter of new-borns (26.1%) were resuscitated at birth. The average hospital stay was 5.39 ± 2.902 days, with extremes ranging from one to twelve days.

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