title: [Clinical epidemiological retro prospective studies on the incidence and prevalence of cardiac congenital abnormalities in a group of 1570 children, born in Iaşi between 2000-2009].
abstract: METHODS
  The study has been conducted on a period of ten years and it included 1570 children with congenital abnormalities (CA), of which 371 (24%) were cardiac abnormalities, 312 (20%) were skeletal abnormalities, 55 (3%) were Down Syndrome and 832 (53%) were other pathologies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  48% of the 371 children that were diagnosed with cardiac CA were males, while 52% were females; 52% of the children were from the city, while 48% were from the country-side; 42% of the children have been born prematurely, while 58% of them have been born at normal term. 38% of the children had an APGAR score lower than 7 and 62% of them had an APGAR score higher than 7. Of the total number of births, 72% were caesarian births and 28% were natural births. The different types of Cardiac CA that have been encountered in the study were atrioventricular canal (56%), transposition of the great vessels (18%), common arterial trunk (10%), atrial septal defect (8%), ventricular septal defect (5%) and tetralogy of Fallot (3%). 66% of the total number of deaths were represented by those with cardiac pathology, 21% were caused by hydrocephalus, 7% were caused by diaphragmatic hernia, 4% had renal CA, while 2% were caused by other pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Universitătii de Medicină si Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi.
authors.forename: Alina Andreea Andreescu
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Chiosac
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Gorduza
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stamatin
authors.forename: Otilia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Novac
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ivan
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000002:abnormalities; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000453:epidemiology; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000453:epidemiology; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data