Cardiac Congenital Pathologies More Frequent in Children in a Hospital of Guayaquil (Ecuador)
Nancy Jácome Guerrero 1, Arianna Soto Andrade 1, Carlos Jácome Pilco 2, Darwin Núñez Torrres 2 *
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1 Universidad Católica Santiago de Guayaquil, Av. Pdte. Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, CP: 090615, Guayaquil, ECUADOR2 Universidad Estatal de Bolívar, Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Biotecnológico, CP: 020150, Guaranda, ECUADOR* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Congenital heart diseases (CHD) are structural malformations of the heart or large vessels, which cause a functional impairment, present at birth, being discovered at that time or during the course of the life of the carrier. CHD are a group of complex diseases that cause a serious public health problem. the objective of the work was, to identify the most frequent congenital heart malformations in children under 1 year of age in the general hospital of the north IESS Los Ceibos of the city of Guayaquil (Ecuador) in the period July 2017- January 2018. The data of this investigation were taken from pediatric patients by reviewing medical records. In the study period, 35,105 pediatric care visits were made to children under 1 year of age. Around 1.025 (2.92%) cases of congenital malformations were detected, of which 108 corresponded to congenital heart malformations (CHD), that is, 10.53% of the malformations observed were of the CHD type. The most frequent cardiac congenital malformations in children under 1 year old are non-cyanotic congenital cardiac malformations (NC) with a total of 102 cases (94%) and 6 cases (6%). they correspond to congenital cardiac malformations (C), being these less frequent.

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Article Type: Original Article

ELECTRON J GEN MED, Volume 17, Issue 5, October 2020, Article No: em226

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/7889

Publication date: 05 Apr 2020

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