Trends in outpatient visits and deaths due to congenital heart defects in Peru.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the most frequent congenital birth defects, affecting approximately 1% of newborns and constituting the main cause of death among all congenital malformations. The prevalence of CHD in Andean America is heterogeneous and in Peru the burden of CHD is unknown.

Objective

To describe the trends of CHD outpatient visits and mortality and their variation according to sex, age and altitude levels.

Methods

We performed a secondary data analysis of CHD outpatient visits and mortality using publicly available information from the Peruvian Ministry of Health national registries from 2000 to 2020.

Results

There was a statistically significant increase in CHD outpatient visits of 20.4 over time. Pediatric patients, those who l

SUBMITTER: Tauma-Arrue A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11658395 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature