Table 3 Medical status of children with congenital heart disease in selected governmental hospitals and cardiac center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2021
Medical condition | Categories | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Type of CHD | Acyanotic CHD | 298 | 79.9% |
Cyanotic CHD | 44 | 11.8% | |
Acyanotic plus cyanotic CHD | 31 | 8.3% | |
Sickness in the last two weeks | Vomiting | 30 | 23% |
Diarrhea | 30 | 23% | |
Cough/common cold | 54 | 41.5% | |
Other | 49 | 37.6% | |
Pulmonary hypertension | Yes | 138 | 37% |
No | 235 | 63% | |
Heart failure | Yes | 26 | 7% |
No | 347 | 93% | |
Corrective surgery | Yes | 51 | 13.7 |
No | 322 | 86.3 | |
Acyanotic CHD*PAH2 | – | 129 | 34.6% |
Cyanotic CHD *PAH1 | – | 9 | 2.4% |