[Use of the Internet to report congenital malformations on birth certificates at four public maternity hospitals in the city of São Paulo, Brazil]. / A utilização da Internet na notificação dos defeitos congênitos na Declaração de Nascido Vivo em quatro maternidades públicas do Município de São Paulo, Brasil.

The aim of this study was to improve the completion of item 34 on birth certificates at four maternity hospitals in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in the year 2008. The database of the Municipal Health Department's Information System on Live Births was used to monitor trends in reporting birth defects. An electronic web-based medical record was used to refer indeterminate cases to a leading medical genetics referral center. The electronic medical record contained the patient history, physical examination, and photographs of the newborn. Four maternity hospitals were assessed, with a total of 10,000 births during the year. None of the four hospitals had a staff geneticist. According to the Information System on Live Births, there was an increase in the number of birth defects reported by the four maternity hospitals when compared to previous years and to records for the city of São Paulo as a whole. Based on the findings, the web-based referral and counter-referral method proved efficient.

A utilização da Internet na notificacao dos defeitos congenitos na Declaracao de Nascido Vivo em quatro maternidades publicas do municipio de Sao Paulo, Brasil / Use of the Internet to report congenital malformations on birth certificates at four public maternity hospitals in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil

O objetivo foi aumentar a frequencia da notificacao de anomalias congenitas no campo 34 da Declaracao de Nascido Vivo em quatro maternidades do Municipio de Sao Paulo, Brasil, ao longo do ano de 2008. Utilizamos o banco de dados do Sistema de Informacoes sobre Nascidos Vivos da Secretaria Municipal de Saude de Sao Paulo para acompanhar a evolucao dos registros dos defeitos congenitos. Mediante prontuario eletronico, via Internet, os casos suspeitos eram enviados para um centro de referencia em genetica medica. O prontuario eletronico contem anamnese, exame fisico e fotos do recem-nascido. O estudo ocorreu em quatro maternidades com uma amostra total de 10 mil nascimentos no ano e que nao apresentam medico geneticista. Houve aumento da notificacao dos defeitos congenitos nas quatro maternidades onde o estudo foi realizado quando comparado com os anos anteriores e com o registro do Municipio de Sao Paulo. O metodo de referencia e contra-referencia utilizando a Internet mostrou-se eficaz.

The aim of this study was to improve the completion of item 34 on birth certificates at four maternity hospitals in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the year 2008. The database of the Municipal Health Department's Information System on Live Births was used to monitor trends in reporting birth defects. An electronic web-based medical record was used to refer indeterminate cases to a leading medical genetics referral center. The electronic medical record contained the patient history, physical examination, and photographs of the newborn. Four maternity hospitals were assessed, with a total of 10,000 births during the year. None of the four hospitals had a staff geneticist. According to the Information System on Live Births, there was an increase in the number of birth defects reported by the four maternity hospitals when compared to previous years and to records for the city of Sao Paulo as a whole. Based on the findings, the web-based referral and counter-referral method proved efficient.

MLPA analysis in 30 Sotos syndrome patients revealed one total NSD1 deletion and two partial deletions not previously reported.

Sotos syndrome (MIM #117550) is an autosomal dominant condition characterized by pre and postnatal overgrowth, macrocephaly and typical facial gestalt with frontal bossing, hypertelorism, antimongoloid slant of the palpebral fissures, prominent jaw and high and narrow palate. This syndrome is also frequently associated with brain, cardiovascular, and urinary anomalies and is occasionally accompanied by malignant lesions such as Wilms tumour and hepatocarcinoma. The syndrome is known to be caused by mutations or deletions of the NSD1 gene. To detect both 5q35 microdeletions and partial NSD1 gene deletions we screened 30 Brazilian patients with clinical diagnosis of Sotos syndrome by multiplex ligation dependent probe amplification. We identified one patient with a total deletion of NSD1 and neighbouring FGFR4, other with missing NSD1 exons 13-14 and another with a deletion involving FGFR4 and spanning up to NSD1 exon 17. All deletions were de novo. The two NSD1 partial deletions have not been previously reported. The clinical features of the three patients included a typical facial gestalt with frontal bossing, prominent jaw and high anterior hairline; macrocephaly, dolichocephaly, large hands; neonatal hypotonia and jaundice. All presented normal growth at birth but postnatal overgrowth. Two patients with NSD1 and FGFR4 gene deletions presented congenital heart anomalies.