DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i02.045

Pages: 654-658

Objectives: To compare the short term growth between preterm Appropriate for gestational age and Small for gestational age babies fed fortified human milk. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Special Care Newborn Unit and postnatal wards, Department of Pediatrics, M.Y. Hospital and Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, Indore. Participants: 75 preterm very low birth weight babies (<1.5 kg) admitted in Special Care Newborn Unit and postnatal wards of M.Y. Hospital and CNBC, Indore. Results: The mean gestational age of SGA babies was significantly higher than AGA babies. Mean weight, length and head circumference of SGA babies was significantly higher than AGA babies at all time intervals. The growth of SGA babiesfor weight was significant only in 4th week as compared to AGA babies. Similarly, the growth of SGA was significant only in 1st and 2nd week for length and 2nd and 3rd week for head circumference. Conclusion: The growth of SGA babies is similar to AGA babies over the short time period of eight weeks.