Assessment of the prevalence of congenital heart disease in children with pneumonia in tertiary care hospital: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Pneumonia is the most common cause of death in children under five years of age. Epidemiological factors and the disease burden differ in developing and industrialized countries. The present study is a cross sectional observational study, carried out from August 2018 to August 2020 in Hindu Rao Hospital, to assess the prevalence of congenital heart disease (CHD) in patients with pneumonia in children up to 5 years. The main objectives of the study were to study the prevalence of congestive cardiac failure (CCF) in pneumonia with and without congenital heart disease.

Material and methods

Patients under 5 years of age, presenting with pneumonia during August 2018 to July 2020 were enrolled for study. The bio-data of each patient was documented each pa

SUBMITTER: Jat NK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8683668 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature