Description of children with congenital heart diseases in a hospital in the state of Paraí­ba

Abstract

Characterize the clinical epidemiological profile and to verify the correlation between age and length of hospital stay of children with congenital heart diseases in a reference hospital complex for pediatric care. This is a cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach based on the analysis of medical records of children admitted with diagnosis of congenital heart disease. The sample consisted of 66 medical records. The predominant age group was that of infants with 54.5%; 45.5% had a weight between 3,500 kg to 10 kg; and the length of 57% of the sample was between 55 and 86 cm. There was an identification of an afebrile state in 98.5%, the heart rate in 87.7% was greater than 100 beats per minute, the respiratory rate in 92.3% was equal to or less than 60 breaths per minute, and the saturation in 78.5% of cases was equal to or greater than 91%. The prevalence of congenital acyanotic heart diseases. The conclusion of this study provided a reflection on the difficulties in the identification of congenital heart diseases acyanotic.