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19750 school children, ages 6 to 15 years, were examined by the authors of this study, 1,220 (6.18%) had congenital abnormalities. In this group, 4.23% were boys and 1.88% were girls. Case histories revealed inbreeding amongst the parents (families) of children with congenital malformation to be 8.9% and 8.2% for the rest of the families in this study. There were 27 different congenital abnormalities identified, with prevalence rates of 0.05/1,000 to 15.85/1,000. The most prevalent abnormalities were umbilical hernia (15.85/1000), inguinal hernia (14.50/1,000), pectus carinatum and excavatum (7.68/1,000), undescended testes (9.00/1,000 boys), congenital nevus (3.54/1,000), retractile testis (4.45/1,000 boys), pilonidal sinus (2.63/1,000), pes planus (2.28/1,000), and hemangioma (1.16/1,000). Of the 19,750 children, 70 had multiple anomalies (3.75/1,000).
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Anormalidades Congênitas/epidemiologia , Anormalidades Múltiplas/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Criança , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Prevalência , Turquia/epidemiologiaRESUMO
Height and weight measurements of 18,719 healthy children were obtained and the results were compared with those obtained from children living in several regions of Turkey and the USA. The results of these measurements differed significantly. This study demonstrates that local growth standards should be established and used in the evaluation of children.
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Estatura , Peso Corporal , Desenvolvimento Infantil , Adolescente , Criança , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Valores de Referência , Turquia , População UrbanaRESUMO
Mortality rates and factors affecting the mortality rates were studied retrospectively in 390 children with abdominal and/or thoracic trauma. Age groups, admission time, additional system injuries, and mortality rate were used as parameters. The severity of trauma injury was evaluated according to the Modified Injury Severity Scale. The mean mortality rate in all the groups was 7.9%. The rate was 6.7% for thoracic, 7.5% for abdominal, and 14.7% for combined trauma. This study demonstrates that early admitted children, children with additional organ injuries, and MISS scores greater than 25 have much more risk of mortality, and the mortality rate in preschool children is not different from the other groups.
