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Defects in newborn babies: incidence in Ireland, causes and some preventative measures
| Title: | Defects in newborn babies: incidence in Ireland, causes and some preventative measures |
| Affiliation: | Health Education Bureau |
| Issue Date: | Nov-1981 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10147/253642 |
| Type: | Study |
| Language: | en |
| Description: | The process of reproduction in humans, as in all nature, is a
natural one and the vast majority .of new additions to the human
race make the journey through conception, gestation and birth
with relative ease and health. However, for a small but significant .
number, the size of which varies from one society to another and
even within groups in any given society, this first stage of
their life's journey results in what Pasamanick has referred to a.s
a continuum of re·productive casualty. This can range from death
at any stage in this journey or immediately after it to a mild
defect. In fact, when Pasamanick used his well known phrase, he
was not confining it to the minority with obvious defects but
rather making the point that at somewhere in the reproductive
process, the majority may suffer slight damage which while never
manifesting as an obvious defect, may subtly impair .potential.
This study concerns itself with the narrower meaning of the
continuum of reproductive casualty - perinatal mortality and
morbidity. · Also included in the. study is some data on low birth
weight and pre-term birth in so far as these are major factors
contributing to perinatal mortality and morbidity. |
| Keywords: | NEWBORN SCREENING
PREVENTION |
| Appears in Collections: | Health Education Bureau
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