Title: Comprehensive Study on Predisposing Factors of Cerebral Palsy
Authors: Dr Vamshi Krishna Kondle, MD, Dr Kranti Kondle, DGO
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i12.13
Abstract
Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement and posture that result from a non progressive lesion or injury of the immature brain. The prevalence of cerebral palsy among children is about 2 per 1000 live births. it is much higher in developing countries. To analyse the predisposing factors of cerebral palsy in Gulbarga area the present study conducted in government general hospital , basaveswar teaching &general hospital, Gulbarga attached to M.R medical college, Gulbarga were included in this study over a period of two years from march 2001 to march 2003 over 50 patients. majority of cases were belongs to1-5years (52%).male female ratio was 2.5:1. In the present study, etiological factors operating during the perinatal period comprise the major portion in 22 (44%) of the cases, followed by antenatal 11(22%) mixed 9 (18%) postnatal 7(14%) and unknown is 1(2%).
Keywords: cerebral palsy, antenatal factors, perinatal factors,postnatal factors.
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