Abstract
SUMMARY Background: Major Congenital Anomalies (MCA) are present in 2-3% of live births. Most of these are diagnosable by prenatal ultrasound (PNUS). Developing countries have inequities in access to this screening test. Objectives: To determine existing inequities access to PNUS in mothers of newborns (NB) with MCA hospitalized in two neonatal intensive care units (NICU) and to identify inequities in the diagnosis of MCA among mothers to whom it was made at least one PNUS. Methods: Cross-sectional study in NB with MCA diagnosable by PNUS hospitalized in two NICUs of Cali, Colombia, between 2005 and 2009. The index of agreement (kappa) between prenatal diagnosis and definitive MCA was calculated. It was
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