[Prematurity--risk factor for morbidity in infants].

Unlabelled: The premature child from the anatomo-physiological deficiencies represents one of the most important medical problems. In this context we present the results of an retrospective study on 2 lots of infants followed for one year in the Infant Care Clinic of Iasi. The first lot was formed by infants with a normal weight at birth and the second one by premature infants. At this two lots we study the age of admission in Clinic, the care period, the nutritional status, the total number of diseases, the type of affections. We study the most frequent affections of infants such as: respiratory, digestive, otic, cutaneo-mucous. The total number of diseases was 61 for the first lot and 153 for the second lot. From the affections the most frequently were respiratory diseases 60% for the first lot and 104% for the second lot (p < 0.01). The digestive affections were presented at 47.5% of first lot of children and 92% for the second one (p < 0.001); the otic affections 25% for the first lot and 50% for the second one (p < 0.05); cutaneo-mucous affection were represented by 20% from the first lot and 60% for the second one (p < 0.001).

Conclusions: The prematurity continued to represent one of the most important risk factors of morbidity to infant, for that to those children we must to grant a special medical care.