Key result
Congenital heart disease affects ~13% of neonatal ICU admissions, overwhelmingly dominated by acyanotic defects.
Why the study?
Echocardiography is an important diagnostic tool for early diagnosis and follow-up of congenital heart disease in newborns, but frequency, diagnosis distribution, and risk factors in NICU and neonatal services needed evaluation.
Population
365 newborns diagnosed with CHD in NICU and neonatal services out of 2766 patients
Design
Retrospective observational study
Authors
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CHD patterns in Turkish NICUs may guide local screening; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Observational (n=365)
No
Echocardiography is a crucial diagnostic tool in the NICU, where CHD was found in 13.2% of admitted newborns, predominantly acyanotic lesions like ASD.
Karapınarlı et al. (2021) conducted an observational in Congenital Heart Disease (n=365). Congenital Heart Disease was evaluated on Frequency of congenital heart disease among hospitalized neonates. Among neonates hospitalized in the intensive care unit, the frequency of congenital heart disease was 13.2%, with acyanotic defects comprising 96.2% of the diagnosed cases.
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