Behavior of Newborns Weighing less than 1 800 g

Introduction: despite the resources made available in Public Health to care for newborn infants, low birth weight indicators remain elevated in these infants. Objective: to identify what is the behavior of infants less than 1 800 grams.¨ Enrique Cabrera Hospital ¨. Methods: we performed a longitudinal retrospective study and Enrique Cabrera Hospital during the period February 2007 to December 2008, we studied 45 infants weighing less than 1800 grams, who were admitted consecutively. Biological variables were analyzed: incidence, diseases that lead to ventilation, stay, cause of death and status at discharge. Information was collected from medical records and service statistics, the data were processed using descriptive statistics, and used to calculate percentages in tables exposing. Results: of the 8 012 45 newborns (0,56%) were underweight (Conclusion: the incidence of low weight and ventilation was poor, a predominance of males, the weight group of 1 402 to 1 800 g, gestational age from 32 to 36 weeks and within the main causes of death were sepsis and intraventricular hemorrhage, and survival was obtained properly.