Epidemiologic and clinical features of congenital heart diseases in children at the Bizerta Hospital

Epidemiologic and clinical features of congenital heart diseases in children at the Bizerta Hospital

The aim of this study is to establish the epidemiologic profile of congenital heart disease in newborns in a Tunisian department of the north west of Tunisia. We report 79 cases of congenital heart defects treated which are followed up in the department of general paediatrics in the University Hospi...

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Published in:Tunisie Medicale Vol. 85; no. 10; p. 829
Main Authors: Hammami, Olfa, Ben Salem, Khadija, Boujemaa, Zied, Chebbi, Yosser, Aoun, Sayda, Meddeb, Insaf, Abid, Fadia, Gandoura, Najwa
Format: Journal Article
Language:French
Published: Tunisia 01-10-2007
Subjects:
Adult
Birth Weight
Consanguinity
Cyanosis - epidemiology
Dyspnea - epidemiology
Epidemiologic Studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Defects, Congenital - epidemiology
Heart Defects, Congenital - mortality
Heart Murmurs - epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Male
Maternal Age
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
Tunisia - epidemiology
Tunisia
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Summary:The aim of this study is to establish the epidemiologic profile of congenital heart disease in newborns in a Tunisian department of the north west of Tunisia. We report 79 cases of congenital heart defects treated which are followed up in the department of general paediatrics in the University Hospital of Bizerta during 9 years. The informations concerning the patients is taking to a data file. The newborns included had a congenital heart disease suspected clinicly or confirmed by a cardiac echography. The sex-ratio was 0,79 with a mean of weight birth of 3075 g. The prematurity reaches 20.1%. The consanguinity was 30.5%. Congenital heart defects were detected the first week of life in 47% with a murmur on 77.6%, cyanosis on 70%, dyspnea on 89%. The annual incidence was evaluated 2.5% per hundred. One hundred and Twelve heart defects were diagnosed. The medical treatment was indicated on 46.3% and the surgery on 22.5%. Mortality was on 23.8%. Congenital heart disease particularly in neonatal period are crippled by a high morbidity and mortality, it's a case of emergency in pediatric cardiology.
ISSN:0041-4131