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Revista Cubana de Pediatría
On-line version ISSN 1561-3119
Abstract
AGUILERA SANCHEZ, Yaynis and ANGULO PALMA, Hugo Javier. Clinical-epidemiological characteristics of congenital cardiopathies in children under 1-year-old. Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2021, vol.93, n.4 Epub Mar 01, 2022. ISSN 1561-3119.
Introduction:
Congenital cardiopathies are malformations that can appear in children under 1-year-old.
Objective:
Present the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of congenital cardiopathies in children under 1-year-old.
Methods:
It was conducted a prospective, cross-sectional and descriptive study in the Cardiopathy Service of “Octavio de la Concepción de la Pedraja” Pediatric Hospital, in Holguín province, Cuba during the period January 2017 - December 2018. The sample was formed by 102 children under 1-year-old with a confirmed diagnosis of congenital cardiopathies. The information was collected from the data issued by the provincial cardio-pediatric network and the statistics yearbook of 2018. Six sociodemographic and clinical variables were operationalized. The values were expressed in rates, absolute values, percentages and ratio.
Results:
There were diagnosed congenital defects in 0,48% of children under 1-year-old. 53,92% corresponded to the female sex; there was a prevalence of the period of postnatal diagnostic with 60,78%. The municipalities with standardized prevalence ratio higher than 1,40 were Urbano Noris, Báguanos and Antilla. The anomalies that presented a higher frequency were interauricular communication and interventricular communication with 42,16 and 20,59%, respectively; the acyanotic defects with 95,10%. Cardiac murmur was the most frequent clinical manifestation with 54,90%.
Conclusions:
Congenital cardiopathies are diseases that affect nowadays the morbidity of children under 1 year of age in Holguín province. The most found anomalies were the acyanotic defects, and the clinical manifestation found in more than half of the sample was the cardiac murmur.
Keywords : Congenital cardiopathies; children under 1 year old.