The Investigation of Gross Congenital Anomalies Incidence in Newborns in Taleghani and Ghods Hospitals_Arak

Congenital anomalies are an important part of medical problems which most of times needs intensive care and cause high rates of mortality and morbidity in infants. In this descriptive study which was done in spring 1379 (2000) the incidence of gross congenital anomalies was determined in newborns, born in Taleghani and Ghods Hospitals in Arak city. 2069 newborns were born during the time in which 17 cases had at least one congenital anomaly. Results showed that the incidence for congenital anomalies was 0.82%. 58.82% of these affected newborns were female, 46.41% were born under 37 weeks of gestation and 4.28% were under 2500 grams. In 29.41% of cases, marriage was consanguineous, 58.81% of these mothers were multipara and 70.59% were under 30 years old. 35.29% of mothers had a major disease and 11.77% used drugs during pregnancy. 77.47% of these newborns had only one anomaly in which the most common involved system were CNS, head and neck and skeletal. 23.53% of cases had more than one anomaly.