Sexually transmitted disease, urinary tract infections may be bad combination for birth defect

...cted by others in Utah found a tenfold increase in gastroschisis from 1971-2002, according to Feldkamp. The causes and mechanisms of gastroschisis are not known, but researchers suspect environment...s old are 11 times more likely to have babies with gastroschisis than women older than 25. Nationally, one in ev...

Survival of newborns with abdominal holes differs according to hospital, Hopkins research shows

...surviving a low-risk version of a condition called gastroschisis varies greatly by hospital, according to a study b... rates among 1,775 infants born with uncomplicated gastroschisis in 40 U.S hospitals. Only hospitals that had treated at least 25 newborns with gastroschisis were included. Of the 40 hospitals, one-fourth (10...

Gastroschisis in Medical Dictionary

Gastroschisis

Gastroschisis is a type of inherited congenital abdominal wall defect in which the intestines and sometimes other organs develop outside the fetal abdomen through an opening in the abdominal wall. Gastroschisis is a birth defect in which an infant's intestines ... congenital defec...

Umbilicus

...on a newborn's belly when the ... Abdominal Wall Defects: omphalocele, gastroschisis ... fact sheet by IBIS ... gastroschisis is a small defect that commonly occurs adjacent to the umbilicus ... ...