Malformações congênitas entre os nascidos vivos: Paraíba, 2003 a 2012.

Abstract

Congenital malformations are currently the second leading cause of infant mortality in Brazil, representing 2-5% of all births. Matter for the individual, family and society due to chronicity, which entails long-term treatment and high costs. Furthermore causes psychological and social family and bearer, suffering with shortage of skilled trauma. The objective of this study is to analyze congenital malformations occurring among live births in the state of Paraíba in the period 2003-2012. The study was the retrospective historical, with information obtained from the Sistema de Informação sobre Nascidos Vivos (SINASC (SINASC). Data were analyzed in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 program for preparation of tables containing the absolute value and percentage of maternal variables, pregnancy and childbirth, and RN. The results showed 0.86% occurrence of congenital malformations among 606 492 live births. There was a predominance of mothers aged between 20 and 34 years (64.14%), single (61.27%), with up to seven years of study (51.67%), with performance of up to 6 prenatal visits (55.17%), gestational age 37-41 weeks (78.39%), single fetus pregnancies (97.13%) and cesarean section (55.75%). Prevailed newborn males (59.75%) weighing between 2,500 g and 3,999 g (74.42%), mulatto (72.61%), and Apgar scores of the first (70.35%) and fifth (86.90%) minutes without choking. Noted the contribution of the current research as an incentive for further research on the topic, to the deepening of defects and the creation of public policies aimed at the prevention of congenital malformation and care of children with this disease.