Survival of Pediatric Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Operated at Hospital María, Especialidades Pediátricas in 2017

Abstract

Background: congenital heart disease is the leading cause of anatomical defects in newborns worldwide. In the recents decades the survival of patients who require corrective or palliative surgeries, even those of greater complexity, has improved.

Objective: to determine the survival of patients with congenital heart disease operated at the Hospital Maria, Especialidades Pediátricas (HMEP) in 2017.

Methods: this is an analytical cross-sectional study of 120 patients surgically operated in 2017. The survival rate was estimated at one year after surgery. The data was extracted from the clinical records and were registered in a Microsoft Acces database, for data analysis STATA 15.0 was used.

Results: the 1-year survival rate was 87.5 per 100 heart surgeries performed. Significant differences were found for socioeconomic level, RACHS-1 classification, and ROSS scale. In addition, an association with mortality was found in those patients who presented cyanotic heart disease, congenital malformations and complications during hospital stay. Conclusions: the survival rate found in this study is accordance with the international literature. It is recommended to deepen in new studies that establish mortality risk factors in these patients.