A community-based survey of visible congenital anomalies in rural Tamil Nadu
An extensive community-based survey of visible congenital defects covering 12.8 million children in rural Tamil Nadu state was conducted during the years 2004OE05. A door-to-door survey was done utilizing the existing health care delivery system. More than 10,000 village health nurses were involved...
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| description | An extensive community-based survey of visible congenital defects covering 12.8 million children in rural Tamil Nadu state was conducted during the years 2004OE05. A door-to-door survey was done utilizing the existing health care delivery system. More than 10,000 village health nurses were involved to collect the data. All children between the ages of 0 and 15 years were seen. The children with defects were seen by a medical officer and diagnosis was made as per chart. A total of 1.30% of children were born with some visible anomalies. The male:female ratio was 1.3:1. There was a family history in 9% and consanguinity in 32%. More than 5% mothers had taken some medication in the first trimester of pregnancy out of which anti-convulsants were 3.4%. Facial clefts showed a lower incidence of 1 in 1976 live births with peak incidence between March and June. Cleft palate alone showed a higher percentage (30%) than other studies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4e4c493f233b4a4e9f7d84e572ffb4812025-08-20T01:56:57ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03581998-376X2009-10-0142S184S19110.1055/s-0039-1699392A community-based survey of visible congenital anomalies in rural Tamil NaduK. Sridhar0Past President APSI, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaAn extensive community-based survey of visible congenital defects covering 12.8 million children in rural Tamil Nadu state was conducted during the years 2004OE05. A door-to-door survey was done utilizing the existing health care delivery system. More than 10,000 village health nurses were involved to collect the data. All children between the ages of 0 and 15 years were seen. The children with defects were seen by a medical officer and diagnosis was made as per chart. A total of 1.30% of children were born with some visible anomalies. The male:female ratio was 1.3:1. There was a family history in 9% and consanguinity in 32%. More than 5% mothers had taken some medication in the first trimester of pregnancy out of which anti-convulsants were 3.4%. Facial clefts showed a lower incidence of 1 in 1976 live births with peak incidence between March and June. Cleft palate alone showed a higher percentage (30%) than other studies.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0039-1699392cleft lipcleft palatecommunity surveyepidemiology of facial cleftvisible birth defects |
| spellingShingle | K. Sridhar A community-based survey of visible congenital anomalies in rural Tamil Nadu Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery cleft lip cleft palate community survey epidemiology of facial cleft visible birth defects |
| title | A community-based survey of visible congenital anomalies in rural Tamil Nadu |
| title_full | A community-based survey of visible congenital anomalies in rural Tamil Nadu |
| title_fullStr | A community-based survey of visible congenital anomalies in rural Tamil Nadu |
| title_full_unstemmed | A community-based survey of visible congenital anomalies in rural Tamil Nadu |
| title_short | A community-based survey of visible congenital anomalies in rural Tamil Nadu |
| title_sort | community based survey of visible congenital anomalies in rural tamil nadu |
| topic | cleft lip cleft palate community survey epidemiology of facial cleft visible birth defects |
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