Incidencia de microcefalia neonatal en el Hospital Cayetano Heredia de Lima, 2016 – 2017

Cynthia Samaniego Lozano; Carol Munayco Cortez; Daniel Guillén-Pinto

doi:10.20453/rnp.v82i3.3572

Incidencia de microcefalia neonatal en el Hospital Cayetano Heredia de Lima, 2016 – 2017

Translated title of the contribution: Incidence of Neonatal microcephaly in the Hospital Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 2016 – 2017

Cynthia Samaniego Lozano
, Carol Munayco Cortez
, Daniel Guillén-Pinto

Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Hospital Nacional Cayetano Heredia

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Objective: To determine the incidence of neonatal microcephaly in the Hospital Cayetano Heredia, throughout a well-defined period. Material and Methods: Microcephaly was determined by a cephalic perimeter lower than the third percentile for age and sex. Reported records of the Hospital’s Perinatal Computer System between January 1^st, 2016 and December 31^st, 2017, were used. Fenton growth chart’s parameters were used to determine the limits of normality. Results: A total of 416 cases of neonatal microcephaly were registered, a general rate of 53.4 per 1,000 live births, up to 185 per 1000 live births in preterm infants (<37 weeks), with higher figures among males. Conclusions: A high incidence rate of microcephaly was found, probably higher in preterm infants and due to multiple causes. Observational biases cannot be discarded.

Translated title of the contribution	Incidence of Neonatal microcephaly in the Hospital Cayetano Heredia, Lima, 2016 – 2017
Original language	Spanish
Pages (from-to)	192-196
Number of pages	5
Journal	Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Volume	82
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.20453/rnp.v82i3.3572
State	Published - Jul 2019

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