2016
DOI: 10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20161042
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A study on incidence of congenital anomalies in newborns and their association with maternal factors: a prospective study

Abstract: The most traumatic experience for a gravid woman, her husband and their family is, undoubtedly, the unheralded birth of deformed child, precipitating feeling of horror, inadequacy and failure in parents. 1 Congenital malformation represents defects in morphogenesis during early fetal life. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) document of 1972, the term congenital malformations should be confined to structural defects at birth. 2 The leading causes of infant morbidity and mortality in poorer countri… Show more

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“…It was caused by the correlation between advanced maternal age with chromosomal abnormality in fetus. A three-years prospective study from India showed that maternal age has statistically significant association with congenital fetal anomalies (Thaddanee et al, 2016). However, this was contrary with our study.…”
Section: Resultscontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…It was caused by the correlation between advanced maternal age with chromosomal abnormality in fetus. A three-years prospective study from India showed that maternal age has statistically significant association with congenital fetal anomalies (Thaddanee et al, 2016). However, this was contrary with our study.…”
Section: Resultscontrasting
confidence: 99%
“…A similar result was found in a study done by Thaddanee R et al in 2016. 13 The Association of antenatal check-up with congenital anomalies is statistically not significant in our study.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 62%
“…On the contrary, the association was significant in the study done by Thaddanee R et al in 2016. 13 In our study it is found that the association of maternal education with congenital anomalies is statistically significant (P value-0.00001). Similar result was found in a study done by Dingemann C et al in 2019.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 48%
“…Most common mode of delivery was LSCS in this study which was similar to Sarkar et al study. There was no much difference in congenital anomalies based on gender in our study but Sarkar et al, [11] Ara et al and Shah et al found that male gender is more commonly affected than female.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 61%