Tanriverdi S.Karaboǧa B.Karaca Ö.Baytur Y.2024-07-222024-07-22201213000381http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/17665Objective: The aim of this study is determining prevalence of fetal malnutrition and relationship between fetal malnutrition and fetal acidemia at term newborn infants. Material and Methods: This study was performed on 121 term newborn infants who were born at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, between September 2010 and May 2011. Fetal malnutrition was diagnosed using [Clinical Assessment of Fetal Nutritional Status Scoring (CANSCORE)] within 12 hours after birth and umblical artery blood-gas analysis was performed at birth. Results: Mean value of CANSCORE was 27.6±3.5 (18-44) at term newborn infants. CANSCORE score was determined as 24 and less in 12 (9.9%) infants who were evaluated as having fetal malnutrition. CANSCORE score was above 24 in other 109 (90.1%) infants. Ten of the 12 newborn infants with fetal malnutrition were [small for gestational age (SGA)]. There was no relationship between fetal malnutrition and low CANSCORE (P=0.000). The mean value of pH was 7.30±0.07 (7.01-7.41) at umblical artery blood-gas analysis. Fetal acidemia (pH<7.15) was observed in 8 (6.6%) infants. There was no significant relationship between the presence of fetal malnutrition and fetal acidemia (p=0.735). Conclusion: No relationship between fetal malnutrition and fetal acidemia was observed in this study. Copyright © 2012 by Türkiye Klinikleri.Turkishacidemiaarticleblood gas analysisClinical Assessment of Fetal Nutritional Status Scoringclinical assessment tooldisease associationfetal acidemiafetal malnutritionfetus diseasehumanmajor clinical studynamed inventories, questionnaires and rating scalesnewbornnewborn screeningpHprevalencerisk assessmentsmall for date infantumbilical arteryArticle