TY - JOUR
T1 - Follow-up validation study of the Victorian Congenital Malformations Register
AU - Kilkenny, Monique Femia
AU - Riley, Merilyn
AU - Lumley, Judith
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - Objective: To determine whether there has been an improvement in ascertainment of malformations in the Victorian Congenital Malformations Register (VCMR).
Methodology: The medical records of 500 children under 4 years of age admitted consecutively to two paediatric teaching hospitals in Victoria in 1992 were viewed to determine whether these cases had been notified to the Register.
Results: Over three-quarters of the defects recorded had been notified to VCMR. There was 100 ascertainment of chromosomal anomalies and a high proportion of major structural malformations were notified.
Conclusion: This study repeats the validation study completed in 1986 and shows marked improvement in ascertainment of malformations in the VCMR by 1992.
AB - Objective: To determine whether there has been an improvement in ascertainment of malformations in the Victorian Congenital Malformations Register (VCMR).
Methodology: The medical records of 500 children under 4 years of age admitted consecutively to two paediatric teaching hospitals in Victoria in 1992 were viewed to determine whether these cases had been notified to the Register.
Results: Over three-quarters of the defects recorded had been notified to VCMR. There was 100 ascertainment of chromosomal anomalies and a high proportion of major structural malformations were notified.
Conclusion: This study repeats the validation study completed in 1986 and shows marked improvement in ascertainment of malformations in the VCMR by 1992.
UR - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1440-1754.1995.tb00820.x/epdf
U2 - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1995.tb00820.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1995.tb00820.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1034-4810
VL - 31
SP - 323
EP - 325
JO - Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
JF - Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
ER -