PREVALENCE OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATION IN NEWBORNS OF THE PUBLIC HOSPITAL

• Main Authors: Aritana Pereira Ramos, Maria Nice Dutra de Oliveira, Jefferson Paixão Cardoso
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia 2008-01-01
• Series: Revista Saúde.com
• Subjects: newborn; congenital malformation; comprehensive health care
• Online Access: http://www.uesb.br/revista/rsc/ojs/index.php/rsc/article/view/81/449

The study aimmed to estimate the predominance of congenital malformations in newborns of the Public Hospital in the Jequié city, Brazil. It was utilized spring of secondary facts, from the factgathering of available manuals in the Service of Medical Files of the hospital, in the period of January of 2005 to December of 2006. It was utilized instrument of collection standardized where information about characteristics they were collected of the mother, general characteristics of the newborn and bad-congenital formation. The results show predominance of 3.1% of born infants been with evil congenital formation. Among these, it prevailed the of the male sex (64,0%), premature (56,7%) of normal birth (56,7%), with adequate weight (70,0%), classified in the majority of isolated form (76,7%), of smaller clinical importance (63,0%) and evolving for high hospital with 60.0% of the cases; 71.0% of the deaths occurred between the newborns were due to specific malformations of the nervous system, however this pathology next to of the osteomuscular system. The majority of the mothers had between 17 and 24 years (46,7%), carried out more of seven consults prenatal (30,0%) and live in the urban zone of the town (60,0%); 71.0% of the deaths occurred between the newborns were due to specific malformations of the nervous system. Those finds are compatible with others finds described in the Brazilian scientific literature, what is going to reflect about the implementation of public politics with infrastructure qualified service implementation in the perspective of prevention, detection and cares of those individuals in all of the levels of the net of health.