[Prevalence of birth defects according to the level of care in two hospitals, Cali, Colombia, 2012-2013]. / Prevalencia de defectos congénitos diagnosticados en el momento del nacimiento en dos hospitales de diferente nivel de complejidad, Cali, Colombia, 2012-2013.
Biomedica
; 35(2): 227-34, 2015.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26535545
INTRODUCTION: Birth defects are morphologic alterations diagnosed prenatal or postnatally. Surveillance systems have been used to estimate the prevalence in high complexity care centers; however, the variation of the prevalence among different complexity care centers remains unknown. OBJECTIVE: To compare the prevalence of birth defects among two different complexity care centers in Cali, Colombia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A descriptive hospital-based study following the methodology of the Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations was conducted during 20 months in a medium complexity hospital and a high complexity hospital. RESULTS: During the study period, 7,140 births were attended of which 225 had at least one birth defect. The prevalence of these was of 1.7% (IC95% 1.3-2.0) and 7.4% (IC95% 6.2-8.7) for the medium complexity hospital and the high complexity hospital, respectively. The highest frequencies for the high complexity care center were: ventricular septal defect, 10%; congenital hydronephrosis, 7%; abdominal wall defects, 6%, and hydrocephalus, 5%, while for the medium complexity were: polydactyly, 15%; preauricular skin tags, 8%; congenital talipes equino varus, 7%, and hemangioma, 6%. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of birth defects among different complexity care centers varies in quantity, type and severity of the anomaly diagnosed. The surveillance of birth defects is a useful tool for any level of care. It allows estimating more accurately the prevalence of the city, as well being a base for the planning and targeting of resources according to the prevalence of different congenital defects.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Anomalías Congénitas
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Colombia
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Biomedica
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Colombia
Pais de publicación:
Colombia