| Clinical Study on Congenital Anomalies |
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Young Soo Kwon, Heung Keun Oh, Jin Jae Kim, Chang Ok Soh, Jin Hee Jung, Jin Young Jung |
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Department of Pediatrics, Haesung Hospital, Asan Foundation, Korea |
| 선천성 기형에 대한 임성적 고찰 |
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권영수, 오흥근, 김진제, 소창옥, 정진희, 정진영 |
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아산재단 해성병원 소아과 |
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| Abstract |
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Congenital malformations are known as a major cause of perinatal death. But the causes and Mechanisms of malformations ae still not understood in many cases.
So, a clinical stduy was one about congenital malformaions on 8,584 deliveries a Haesung Hospital during the period of 5 and 7/12years from Jan. 1, 1985 to Jul. 31, 1990.
The results were as follows:
1) The incidence of congenial malformaions among 8,584 deliveries was 2.6% (2.6% among live births and 7.1% among stillbirths).
2) The incidence of congenital malformations was 2.8% for male and 2.5% for female
3) The incidence of congenital malformations among the babies, below 2,500g of birth weight was 7.0% , between 2,500g and 3,999g was 2.2% and over 4,000g was 2.7%.
4) The incidence of congenital malformations among th babies, below 32 weeks of gestational age was 8.4%, between 32 weeks and 36 weeks was 4.5% between 37 weeks and 41 weeks was 2.4% and over 42 weeks was 3.1%.
5) The babies born to mothers younger than 20 years of age had malformations in 5.3%, mothrs aged between 20years and 30 yeas delivered malformed babies in 2.6% and older than 35 years delivered malformed babies in 6.3%.
6) The indidence of congenital malformations according to Apga score among the live births, between 0 and 3 was 11.9%, between 4 and 6 was 5.5% and between 7 and 10 was 2.2%.
7) Among 226 malformd babies, 26 babies (11.5%) hd more than one malformation. To congenital malformation among malformed babies was most frequent (73.1%).
8) The systems of ongenital malformations in order of frequncy were as follows; The musculoskeletal system (23.4%), the ski and soft tissue (21.8%), th cardiovascular system (21.4%), the digestive system (15.5%), the geniourinary system (9.5%), the entral nervous system (7.5%), and the respiratory system (0.8%). |
| Key Words:
Congenital anomaly |
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