Descriptive Cases Sudy of Care; Surveillance and Prevention of Birth Defects in Rwandan Children
Rwanda med. j. (Online)
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71(3): 14-18, 2013.
Article
in English
| AIM
| ID: biblio-1269607
ABSTRACT
"""According to the World Health Statistics 2008; about 260 000 neonatal deaths worldwide are caused by Congenital anomalies. This fiure represents about 7 of all neonatal deaths"". In our study; birth accounted Defects for 14.9 out of 581 recruited infants with birth defects (87 cases). In this series; 52.9 were Female whereas 47.1 were male.13.8 were premature babies (=37weeks); 74.7 aged 5 months and 11.5 were infants aged between 5 and 12 months. Polymalformative conditions were the most common Cause of death identifid in 21 cases (24); gastrointestinal birth defects caused death in 15 cases (17); nervous system in 14 (16); Cardio-vascular birth defects in 10 cases (12); Chromosomal abnormalities In 10 cases (12); musculoskeletal defects in 10 cases (12); congenital mass in 2 cases (2); oral defects in 2 cases (2); congenital skin defect in 1 case(1); whereas congenital respiratory defect and genitourinary malformations in 1 case each (1).Over 50 patients died in referral hospitals and 77 died after 24 hours of life"
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Index:
AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Congenital Abnormalities
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Infant, Newborn
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Infant
Type of study:
Screening study
Language:
English
Journal:
Rwanda med. j. (Online)
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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