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Pediatrics & Neonatal Healthcare 2017
September 11-12, 2017 Los Angeles, CA, USA
14th World Pediatrics &
Neonatal Healthcare Conference
Journal of Pediatric Health Care and Medicine Volume 1, Issue 1
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Prevalence of major congenital anomalies at King Fahad Medical City in Saudi Arabia:
A tertiary care centre based study
Bahauddin Ibraheem Sallout
Women’s Specialized Hospital- King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
The prevalence of major congenital anomalies in Saudi Arabia is a largely understudied area. Knowing
the prevalence of birth defects and their trends is important in identifying potential factors that are either
causative or preventative. Early antenatal diagnosis of major congenital anomalies is important for possible
termination of pregnancy, fetal or neonatal. We determined the prevalence of major congenital anomalies in
our hospital population since implementation of an improved screening system. This single-centre prospective
cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh. A total of 63,452 obstetrical ultrasound
examinations were performed for 30,632 female Saudi obstetric patients from the period of January 2007 to
December 2012. A total of 1,598 fetuses were diagnosed with major congenital anomalies, including 1,064
(66.6%) fetuses with isolated major anomalies and 534 (33.4%) fetuses with non-isolated major anomalies.
The antenatal prevalence of congenital anomalies was 52.1 per 1000 pregnancies. The median maternal age at
diagnosis was 29 years. The median gestational age at diagnosis was 30 weeks of gestation. Two hundred and
eighty five cases (17.85%) had a previous family history of similar anomalies. The most commonly diagnosed
anomalies involved the genitourinary system (652 cases). The birth prevalence of major congenital anomalies
was 46.5 per 1000 live births. The prevalence of major congenital anomalies in our hospital population appears
to be higher than international prevalences, with a high recurrence rate. Environmental, nutritional and social
factors may be contributing to this phenomenon.
Biography
Dr. Sallout is a certified Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) consultant from university of Ottawa, Canada, with American Specialty in Ultrasound in Obstetrics and
Gynecology. He has special training in fetal echocardiograph and 3D/4D sonography. He developed the ultrasound Unit and established the MFM department,
and currently, the Medical Director for the Women’s Specialized Hospital, King Fahad Medical City. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has 17 publications in the field of
obstetrics ultrasound and fetal medicine, and he participated and presented in many international and local conferences.