ArticleJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2016
Study of Weight Patterns in Exclusively Breast Fed Neonates- Does the Route of Delivery have an Impact?
Article in Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Neonatal weight loss and gain patterns in caesarean section born infants: integrative systematic review.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic Search of Height and Weight Changes of Exclusively Breastfed Infants Until 1 Year of age: A Contribution from the ConcePTION Project.Clinical pharmacokinetics · 2025Review
- Postnatal weight loss and exclusive breastfeeding in newborn.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- The Role of Skin-to-Skin Contact and Breastfeeding in the First Hour Post Delivery in Reducing Excessive Weight Loss.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionPhysiological weight loss is seen in all breast fed neonates. The route of delivery may have an effect on the neonatal weight loss/gain in these exclusively breast fed babies. Additional assistance and support for exclusive breast feeding is needed by mothers who undergo cesarean section.
aimTo study and compare the weight patterns in full term exclusively breast fed neonates born by normal vaginal route versus cesarean section in the first month of life. MATERIALS AND
methodsIt is a prospective observational study. Healthy, full term neonates born by normal vaginal route or cesarean section in a rural tertiary hospital with uneventful perinatal periods were included. Exclusive breast feeding was given to all neonates with supervision and encouragement to the mothers. Primary outcome measure- Weight loss of the neonates at 24 hours and 72 hours of life.
resultsNeonates delivered by cesarean section showed a higher weight loss (% of birth weight) at 24 hours {mean(sd)} than those delivered vaginally {3.2 (1.9) vs 2.2 (1.2); p-value=0.0016}. At 72 hours, the cesarean neonates had higher weight loss than vaginally delivered neonates {5.9 (3.1) vs 4.7 (2.5); p-value=0.0314}. At 28 days of life, the neonates born by cesarean section showed lower weight gain than those delivered by vaginal route {10.9 (2.1) vs 11.9 (2.3); p-value=0.0244}.
conclusionThe route of delivery has a significant impact on the physiological weight loss seen in exclusively breast fed neonates. Babies delivered by cesarean section showed significantly higher weight loss in the first week of life, and lower weight gain at the end of first month than babies born by vaginal route.
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