Determinación del perímetro braquial como indicador del estado nutricional frente a otros indicadores antropométricos en niños menores de cinco años del Dispensario Médico Monseñor Juan Wiesnet, cantón Bucay, 2021.

Abstract

The objective of the investigative work was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the brachial perimeter as an indicator of nutritional status compared to other anthropometric indicators in younger children of five years of the Medical Dispensary Monsignor Juan Wiesnet Canton Bucay. A study was applied non-experimental analytical type, carried out on 120 children under five years of age. The variables of study were: date of birth, date of measurement, sex, weight, height and arm circumference. The the results obtained were related to the indicator Weight for length/height (W/T) there is a total of 7 children with moderate and severe acute malnutrition, on the other hand, the indicator Arm circumference/age (PB/E) there are a total of 36 children with moderate and severe malnutrition in relation to the weight/age indicator P/E there is a total of 12 children with low weight, in terms of the size/age indicator T/E there is a total of 52 children with short stature and severe short stature, finally the muscle mass index/age indicator (BMI/E) shows us that 3 children present emaciation. It is concluded that the measurement of the brachial perimeter can be used as an alternative to determine the evaluation of the nutritional status of a little boy.