DESCRIPTIVE CASES STUDY OF CARE, SURVEILLANCE AND PREVENTION OF BIRTH DEFECTS IN RWANDAN CHILDREN
“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 seri...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC)/Rwanda Health Communication Center
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Rwanda Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://bioline.org.br/abstract?id=rw14011&lang=en |
| Summary: | “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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| ISSN: | 2079-097X 2079-097X |