%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalencia de defectos de la pared abdominal al nacer: Estudio ECLAMC
%A Nazer H
%A Julio
%A Cifuentes O
%A Luc¨Şa
%A ¨˘guila R
%A Alfredo
%A Piedad Bello P
%A Mar¨Şa
%A Correa C
%A Francisca
%A Melibosky R
%A Francisco
%J Revista chilena de pediatr¨Şa
%D 2006
%I Sociedad Chilena de Pediatr¨Şa
%R 10.4067/S0370-41062006000500005
%X omphalocele and gastroschisis constitute the most frequent abdominal wall defects (awd), requiring early diagnosis and surgical treatment. objectives: to identify awd prevalence at the maternity of university of chile clinical hospital (uchch), in order to compare it with other chilean maternities (chm) and eclamc results. results: the prevalence of awd was 10,9/10 000 births in uchch versus 3,8 in chm (omphalocele 9/10 000 versus 2,8 with p = 0.006 and gastroschisis 1,9/10 000 versus 1,1 with p = 0,036). maternal age average was 24,2 years for gastroschisis and 33,6 years for omphalocele (p < 0,004). the survival rate for gastroschisis was 100% against 31,7% for omphalocele (p < 0,0425). most newborns with omphalocele present small gestational age, low birth weight and other congenital malformations. conclusions: awd prevalence was significantly greater in uchch than in other chm and eclamc. gastroschisis appeared in children with younger mothers than omphalocele
%K gastroschisis
%K omphalocele
%K birth defects.
%U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0370-41062006000500005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en