title: [Skin lesions in a 1,000 newborns. A case and control study].
abstract: Cutaneous alterations are common in neonates. Nevertheless, no reliable studies exist to characterize the type and frequency of skin diseases in Mexican newborns. We carried out a prospective study for 6 month on 1,000 children to analyze cutaneous lesions present during the neonatal period in our population. Of these children, 790 (78%) were neonates admitted to the well-baby nursery, and 220 (22%) were in the sick-baby nursery. Comparison was made between the two groups. It was found that all the newborns (100%) from both groups presented from 2 to 10 different cutaneous lesion. A wide variety of skin diseases were found, but most were of a transitory nature. Birthmarks were less common and malformations even more so. By means of the X2 method, there was no statistically-significant difference between the two groups (p > 0.1).
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina UNAM, Hospital General de México SS, México, D.F.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magaña-García
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: González-Campos
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012868:Skin Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Lesiones cutáneas en un millar de recién nacidos. Estudio de casos y controles.