PREVALENCE OF CONGENITAL ANOMALIES IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER,AURANGABAD, MAHARASHTRA

Dr.Asmita Pravin Suryavanshi; Dr. M. Mathew James; Dr.Ishwar Agarwal

Volume : VIII, Issue : XII, December - 2019

PREVALENCE OF CONGENITAL ANOMALIES IN A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER,AURANGABAD, MAHARASHTRA

Dr. Asmita Pravin Suryavanshi, Dr. M. Mathew James, Dr. Ishwar Agarwal

Abstract :

Introduction : Congenital anomalies vary in proportion in different geographical locations. Our study is a hospital based cross–sectional study to see the prevalence of congenital anomalies in department of radio diagnosis , MGM Medical College. Aims: To study the prevalence of congenital anomalies in a tertiary centre and know the percentage of specific system wise anomalies from the data. Materials and methods : Consenting antenatal women who are undergoing ultrasonography anomaly scans during august 2017 to September 2018 in the department of radiology , MGM Medical College, are included in the study and congenital anomalies were distributed system wise . Results : A total of 13414 patient scanned out of which 114 patients had babies affected with some congenital anomalies .The prevalence of congenital anomalies in our study is 0.84%.The prevalence of congenital anomalies is more in multigravida than in primigravida .The most common system involved was central nervous system.