Pattern of distribution of congenital anomalies in the newborn in damietta general hospital

ABSTRACT

the study was conducted at Damietta general hospital in the period from 1/ june / 2015 till 31/ may / 2016, 50 cases of neonates borne with dysmorphologic congenital anomalies and 50 control neonates were included in the study, Mothers of cases and controls were interviewed face to face, the pre-performed structured questionnaire was used, information were collected about families socio-demographic characteristics, life style, habits, history of chronic illnesses, long term medications, exposure to expected risk factors [ toxic substances, industrial hazards, environmental factors], consumption of certain foods, through general and systemic examination for included cases and controls, some investigations were done when needed. Results showed that the number of babies borne with dysmorphologic congenital anomalies in Damietta general hospital during the period from 1/ june/ 2015 till 30 may 2016 was 50 cases out of 1823 deliveries [ 1063 cesarean deliveries and 760 vaginal deliveries], this means that the pervalence rate was 2.7%