Congenital Anomalies Among Singleton Live Births in  a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Manikanta Reddy. V; Senthil Kumar. S; Sanjeeva Reddy. N

Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2013

Congenital Anomalies Among Singleton Live Births in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Manikanta Reddy. V, Senthil Kumar. S, Sanjeeva Reddy. N

Abstract :

Objective: To estimate the incidence and pattern of different Congenital Anomalies among the singleton newborns. Methods: A hospital based study has been carried out in 3,538 newborns in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Neonatology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai. All subjects were examined thoroughly for anomalies at the time of birth and for the duration of their hospital stay. Gender, Gestational age at delivery, birth weight, APGAR score at 1 and 5 minutes were recorded. DATA has been recorded and analyzed in SPSS 16.0 software. Results: Out of 3,538 consecutive births [Boy babies: 1,855 (52.5%); Girl babies: 1,683 (47.5%)], 73 newborns [2.06% (Boys: 1.13%; Girls: 0.93%)] were identified to have different Congenital anomalies. Major congenital anomalies occurred in higher rate [54(74%)] than Minor anomalies [19(26%)].Congenital anomalies of Cardio Vascular System were the most frequent and accounted in 18 (24.7%) cases, which is followed by the Urogenital 12(16.4%)] and Excretory systems.Conclusion: Overall prevalence of Congenital anomalies is 2.06% among singleton newborns with higher prevalence of Major Congenital anomalies (74%). Cardio Vascular System anomalies (24.7%) were predominant followed by anomalies of Excretory and Urogenital system.