Nutritional evaluation of Robin sequence infants: a retrospective study

Objectives: To evaluate the nutritional status of infants with Robin Sequence (RS) cared at Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais da Universidade de São Paulo (HRAC-USP). Material and methods: 223 records of infants with RS, admitted at HRAC-USP from July 2003 to June 2008 were retrospectively analyzed. The sample comprised 210 patients who had been weighed and measured. Results: The group presented deviation to the left for the measurements when compared with WHO reference using the WHO Anthro software, with standard deviation of weight, length, age Z score (C/i), weight/age and IMC/age respectively, -1.5(1.67), -2.24(1.84), -2.6(1.5) and - 2.07(1.67); 51.9% were boys and presented more C/I impairment than girls (p=0.018); no differences were found for other measurements between gender. RS patients with other syndromes presented C/I and IMC/I lower than those without syndrome (p<0.001 and 0.054, respectively). There was no significant correlation between hospitalization time (Md=16d) and nutritional status. Hospitalized patients with less than 30 days of age (94- 44.8%) had a much better nutritional status (p