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ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique

Incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome in northeastern Manitoba.

R J Williams, F S Odaibo, J M McGee

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Article in Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: Canadian guidelines for diagnosis.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2005
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  8. Nutrition implications for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2014
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  14. Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2003
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  16. Fetal alcohol syndrome.Paediatrics & child health · 2002
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  17. Do Canadian prenatal record forms integrate evidence-based guidelines for the diagnosis of a FASD?Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R J WilliamsAddiction Centre, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta. rob.williams@CRHA-health.ab.ca
F S Odaibo
J M McGee
Foothills Medical Centre · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The incidence of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) in northeastern Manitoba was investigated by examining all 745 live births occurring in Thompson General Hospital in 1994. Birth records were screened with criteria designed to capture all potential FAS cases. Cases were then eliminated if follow-up records indicated the child was not developmentally delayed or no longer had the small head or body size identified at birth. Cases still meeting criteria were personally examined. Five cases of FAS were identified among the 46% of eligible children screened at age 2, roughly an incidence of 7.2/1,000. However, because only 46% of the high risk cases were personally examined, incidence could be as high as 14.8/1,000. Only 1/5 FAS cases had been identified prior to our investigation. The results indicate the incidence of FAS in northeastern Manitoba is very high and that much greater effort needs to be made in its prevention and early detection.

Indexed as

Child, PreschoolFetal Alcohol Spectrum DisordersHumansIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornManitobaMass ScreeningNeeds AssessmentPopulation SurveillanceRisk Factors

Identifiers

PMID10401171
PMCPMC6979839
OpenAlexW1576219613

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