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Document Type : Project 
Document Title :
Prospective study of congenital malformations at birth in a hospital in King Abdulaziz University
دراسة مستقبلية عن التشوهات الخلقية عند المواليد في مستشفى جامعة الملك عبدالعزيز
 
Document Language : Arabic 
Abstract : Major birth defects of the main reasons that lead to death and incidence of disability in newborns, and also consume the family economy and society. The objective of this project is to measure the rate of birth defects in the major and minor neonatal Jeddah - Saudi Arabia, and also to establish the steps to proper diagnosis and discuss the impact of maternal age and illness and also inbreeding on the occurrence of birth defects. In the period between January 2004 and May 2005 was the birth of a child 5356 University Hospital, King Abdul-Aziz, also were examined to confirm the presence of major birth defects or minor. We have found 147 (27.07/1000 births) of children living and also 13 (2.39/1000 births) of stillbirth with birth defects. The proportion of children in neighborhoods and major birth defects were small (93.9% and 6.1% respectively). Did not vary the proportion of children with birth defects between Saudis and non-Saudis (55.8% against 44.2%) and between males and females (53.7% against 46.3%). Rate of birth defects large in newborns who suffer their mothers, diabetes was (3.4%) and heart (0.7%) and mothers of healthy (95.5%). The highest rate of congenital defects in the circulatory system (25.2%) and muscular motor / parties ( 13.6%) and external male genitalia (10.2%) and urology (9.5%) and then hit multi-Musumaat (8.8%) and skin (6.1%) and genes (4.8%) and eye (2.7%) and defects with multiple sequences ( 2%) and then divided the caravan defects (2%) and in the musculature motor / abdomen (0.7%) and endocrine (0.7%). Of this study conclude that the major birth defects with a high proportion in Jeddah - Saudi Arabia. And the importance of genetic testing for pregnant mothers and babies with more than three times the mothers less than 36 years of age the age of fertility and childbirth. 
Publishing Year : 1424 AH
2004 AD 
Sponsor Name : kau 
Sponsorship Year : 1424 AH
2004 AD 
Added Date : Wednesday, April 30, 2008 

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نادية محمد فداfda, nadyah mohammedInvestigatorDoctorate 

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