Presenter: Sonja A.
Rasmussen, MD, MS Division
of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities National
Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC
Date: Monday,
December 8, 2008
Time: 3:00 -
4:00 PM Eastern Time
WHO: Members of the National Birth Defects
Prevention Network, employees of the birth defects programs,
individuals who collect data from medical records, individuals
who code birth defects data, and birth defects researchers.
WHERE: All presentations during the meeting
will be broadcast live via Net Conferencing. Additionally, there
will be a limited question/answer period that participants will
be able to join.
PRESENTATION SLIDES: 2 slides per page (color,
black and white)
Note: These sessions will be available on demand in the future
on the NBDPN
website.
SUMMARY: In 2005,
over 12% of babies were born prematurely and the proportion
has been increasing over time. Prematurity is also one of
the leading causes of infant mortality. In addition, premature
infants have a higher rate of birth defects than infants born at
term. Thus, an enhanced understanding of prematurity
and its relation to birth defects can inform the collection
of accurate and useful data for birth defect surveillance programs.
The goal of the presentation is to
describe the relationship between preterm birth and birth
defects and the implications for birth defects surveillance.
The objectives are:
1. Describe
trends in preterm birth and the contribution of prematurity to
infant mortality in the US
2. Describe
possible reasons for the association between prematurity and
birth defects
3. Distinguish
medical complications of prematurity that are not birth defects
4. Identify
birth defects that are developmentally normal in premature infants
5. Identify
medical conditions in premature infants that mimic birth defects
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