Yogender Singh Kadian|Anjali Verma|Pradeep Kajal|Nirmala Duhan
CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS- AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF MATERNAL CHARACTERISTICS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE
Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences|Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences
backgroundthe epidemiology congenital hydrocephalus unclearalthough various risk factors like maternal age maternal illness child factors studied past still gap knowledge regarding maternal risk factors associated congenital hydrocephalus literaturethe objective study measure risk factor proportions mothers among population tertiary care centre materials methodsa recordbased retrospective descriptive study secondary data analysis done medical case records women delivered babies congenital hydrocephalus jan 2006 dec 2016maternal epidemiological characteristics maternal age parity place residence educational status well birth characteristics studied analysed using appropriate statistical methods resultsa total 123 babies born congenital hydrocephalus study periodmost mothers study second gravida 5691 rural based 7479 women 2130 years 8048 agearound 6016 women educated 10 th grade 4146 homemakersall 5 women vaginal birthsmale babies 5203 6478 babies weighed 2 kg birth conclusionyoung women rural areas low literacy bearing second babies prone deliver babies congenital hydrocephalus