title: [Congenital malformations of the digestive system. Maternity Clinical Hospital at the University of Chile. 1991-2001].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There were 26,617 births attended at the University of Chile Clinical Hospital, of which 0.63% were stillborn. A frequency of malformations of 7.2 per born alive and of 22.1 per stillborn was detected in this population.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To report the frequency of digestive system congenital malformations in this population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of data from the births that occurred at the University of Chile Hospital, that was gathered using codified form for the Latin American Collaborative Study for Congenital Malformations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety seven digestive congenital malformations were detected, with a rate of 26.4 per 10,000 born alive and 12.2 per 10,000 stillborn. Diaphragmatic hernia was the most frequent malformation found, followed by imperforated anus, onphalocele and esophageal atresia. There was a secular increase in the frequency of these malformations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The frequency of digestive system malformations is higher than in the rest of hospitals participating in the Latin American Collaborative Study for Congenital Malformations.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Neonatología, Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile. julionazer@mi-mail.cl
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nazer
authors.forename: María Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Juárez
authors.forename: María Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Hübner
authors.forename: Mónica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Antolini
authors.forename: Lucía
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cifuentes
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D004065:Digestive System Abnormalities / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence
vernacular_title: Malformaciones congénitas del sistema digestivo. Maternidad Hospital Clínico de la Universidad de Chile. Período 1991-2001.