Prevalence of Congenital Anomalies and Associated Risk Factors in Pregnant Women: A Narrative Review

A review on the prevalence of congenital anomalies and associated risk factors amid pregnant women. Congenital malformations are the most salient conviction of neonatal and perinatal deaths. Anomalies can be categorized according to the seriousness, systems involved. The classification of the congenital anomalies can be based on the ICD-10 classification for the congenital anomalies. Methods- Our initial step to construct a review article was to employ a literature review search, followed by Google scholar and PubMed databases, extracted articles were looked with the keywords such as prevalence, risk factors, congenital anomalies in pregnant women. Those published between 2015 to 2021and satisfying the admittance criteria were involved in the present review. Conclusion-Congenital anomalies are the uttermost prime cause of perinatal and neonatal death in the underdeveloped nations. Most common anomalies observed were with congenital heart defects. Regular antenatal checkups can slacken the pervasiveness of congenital anomalies.