in this descriptive study, researchers determined rate and type of newborn infants’ anomalies in rafsanjen niknafas hospital in 1991-1995.  this study is resulted from medical records of mothers referring to above mentioned center during five years. total number of child birth was 21187. 17321 was normal vaginal delivery and 3866 was cesarean section. because of unknown reasons, 57 infants were...

PURPOSE To assess the regional patterns of infant mortality due to lethal congenital anomalies, and the potential reasons for the regional patterns. METHOD The study analyzed 2,507 infant deaths due to lethal congenital anomalies among 1,178,452 live births in 9 of the 12 Canadian provinces and territories from 1990 to 1995 recorded in Statistics Canada's live birth and death data bases. RE...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To provide an international perspective on the impact of congenital anomalies on infant mortality from 1950 to 1994. DESIGN Population-based study based on data obtained from vital statistics reported to the World Health Organisation. SETTINGS 36 countries from Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia, and the South Pacific. RESULTS On average, infant mortality declined...

CONTEXT Prenatal diagnosis and termination of affected pregnancies can prevent infant deaths due to congenital anomalies, but an effect at the population level has not been shown. OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of recent changes in congenital anomaly-related fetal and infant deaths on overall population-based infant mortality. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS Birth cohort-based study of all l...

SUMMARY Holt Oram Syndrome consisting of upper limb defcts, cardiac anomalies and narrow shoulder, was first described by Holt and Oram in 1960. The inheritance pattern is autosomal dominant and most commonly encoutered cardiac anomalies being ASD, although all variaties of C.H.D are reported. Upper limb anomalies are not specific, although scaphoid bone deformity is almost characteristic in t...