The incidence and distribution of the congenital anomalies in our University Hospital

Abstract

With the neighboring cities, our university hospital provides service to a wide area, and in this study we aimed to expose the incidence, and distribution of the congenital anomalies of the newborns that hospitalized in the period of September 2009 and December 2011. The records of the 788 patients followed in newborn intensive care unit between September 2009 and December 2011 were investigated, One hundred and seventeen newborns were detected as having congenital anomalies. Twenty seven of the 117 babies had cardiovascular system anomalies, 21 had central nervous system anomalies, 15 had gastrointestinal, 14 had urinary, and 8 had skeletal system anomalies. In 9 patients, multiple congenital anomalies detected that affects at least three systems. Trisomies were detected in 6 patients; three of them were trisomy 13. In 4 patients, we indicated respiratory system anomalies. In case of the development of the prenatal diagnostic techniques, and the awareness of the parents, the congenital anomalies could be detected before the birth and the families prefer the advanced health centers for having healthcare for their babies with congenital anomaly. In fact, the number of advanced hospitals all over the country is inadequate, and it is too risky to transfer a newborn with cardiac anomaly from one hospital to another. So the number of experienced units should be promoted. And also, the data achieved from university hospitals do not reflects the true incidence and distribution of the population. A database should be created all over the country to have real numbers of congenital malformations of the Turkish population.