Characterization of patients with children diagnosed with congenital malformations

Abstract

The congenital defects are pathologies occur in stages embryonic-fetal may be defects structural and functional, having a countless possible causes ranging from genetic, physical, or even environmental. Retrospective descriptive study that characterized 230 patients with children diagnosed with congenital malformations in National Hospital of Chiquimula. We were able to prove the age group predominant are the fall between 23 to 32 whit 43% (98) of the cases, occupation predominant was that of housewife with 97% (224), in terms of schooling, 60% was illiterate (138), the 100% no had a history of congenital malformations (230), the 5% had high blood pressure chronic (12), 1% has diabetes mellitus II, syndrome asthma and syndrome seizure (3), the 7% said to have used drugs during pregnancy, (IECAS, Metformin, acid valproic and salbutamol) (15), the 70% said to have taken a suitable prenatal care (160), the 97% was not any ultrasound obstetrical (223), the 62%said consume supplementation vitamin during pregnancy doing consideration that most of the consumed during the last quarter (143). The 77% said not have had abortion (177). The malformation congenital predominant was hydrocephalus with 16% (40) followed by myelomeningocele corresponding to 14% (36).