Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical characteristics of newborns with birth trauma.
Material and Methods: The medical records of 13198 live born infants in our hospital were reviewed retrospectively regarding birth related traumas. Birth-related injuries were defined as, soft tissue lesions, nervous tissue injury and bone tissue injury. The results obtained from this study compared with the results of the study which was performed in 2001-2004 period in our hospital.
Results: Birth trauma was detected in 322 (2.4%) of all live births. The gender, mean gestational age and mean birth weight of the infants were 38.6% female, 38.1±3.2 weeks and 3234±694 g, respectively. The mode of delivery was found 65.8% by vaginal delivery. The most common type of birth trauma was soft tissue lesions (93.4%), whereas other lesions were nerve tissue damages (3.4%) and, skeletal fractures (3.2%). The most common risk factors for birth trauma were found to be; prematurity (20.8%), prolonged labour (11.5%) and birth weight >4000 g (8.4%). In the first study, the soft tissue damage, bone tissue injury and nervous tissue injury rations in 1000 live births, found 5.8, 1.0 and 1.4, respectively while in current study this rations detected as 22.8, 0.75 and 0.83, respectively.
Conclusions: The most common risk factors for birth trauma were found to be; prematurity, prolonged labor and large birth weight (>4000 g). In our study, is compared to in 1000 live births, bone tissue and nerve tissue injury had significantly decreased.
Key Words: Newborn; Birth Trauma; Risk Factors.
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