Congenital Anomalies and Risk Factors

For each case, a detailed perinatal and maternal and family history were obtained by interviewing questionnaire. Diagnosis of congenital anomalies was based on clinical evaluation of newborn babies by the neonatologist and other appropriate investigations such as radiography, ultrasonography, echocardiography and chromosomal analysis etc... Classification of anomalies is done by systems according to WHO international classification of diseases (ICD10) \[10\]. Data was entered into excel data sheet and appropriate statistical analysis was performed. The prevalence was calculated by dividing the number of CA during the 6 months (173) by the total number of admission during this period (753).