Abstract
OBJECTIVE: clinical assessment of nutritional status of neonate using CAN score and comparison with other method of assessing intrauterine growth. DESIGN: cross sectional study. SETTING: tertiary care hospital. SUBJECTS: 314 liveborn singleton newborns with known gestational age and no major anomalies. METHODS: birth weight, length was recorded and ponderal index was calculated. Clinical assessment of nutritional status was done on the basis of CAN score and compared with Ponderal index. RESULTS: CAN score of <24 separated 60 % of the babies as well nourished and 40% as malnourished. Weight for age and Ponderal Index both classified around 87% as well nourished and 13% as malnourished. Conclusion: CAN scoring along with other anthropometric parameters like birth weight will be giving more accurate information regarding intrauterine malnutrition in newborn babies.
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