Congenital Heart Disease and COVID-19: A Single-Center Experience
| Author | Mehmet Öncül | en |
| Author | Cemşit Karakurt | en |
| Author | Özlem Elkıran | en |
| Author | Harika Gözde Gözükara Bağ | en |
| Orcid | Mehmet Öncül [0000-0001-5874-7826] | en |
| Orcid | Cemşit Karakurt [0000-0002-9246-8107] | en |
| Orcid | Özlem Elkıran [0000-0002-6855-0346] | en |
| Orcid | Harika Gözde Gözükara Bağ [0000-0003-1208-4072] | en |
| Issued Date | 2022-04-30 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been infecting children since December 2019 and has caused a severe epidemic and millions of deaths worldwide. COVID-19 has severe clinical effects and is more complicated to manage in patients with underlying diseases, such as congenital heart disease (CHD), past surgical operations, arrhythmia, and end-organ damage. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical course, follow-up, and treatment process of patients with CHD and COVID-19 in Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Turkey during March 2020-February 2021. Methods: This retrospective study was performed on patients with CHD and COVID-19 in the Department of Pediatrics at Inonu University Faculty of Medicine during March 2020-February 2021, selected by making full count sampling. Admission complaints, clinical findings, biochemical parameters, echocardiography results, hospitalization times, treatments, and clinical follow-up findings were retrieved from patients' files. Results: 11 patients with underlying CHD and COVID-19 were evaluated retrospectively during the study. Ten patients were hospitalized and treated due to COVID-19. Treatment of seven of these patients continued in the intensive care unit (ICU), and five were followed up under a mechanical ventilator. Two patients died during follow-up in the ICU. Conclusions: The clinical course of COVID-19 is severe, and the mortality rate is high in patients with serious diseases, such as underlying CHD. Therefore, COVID-19 in patients with CHD requires more serious and careful follow-up. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/ijp-120978 | en |
| Keyword | Child | en |
| Keyword | Congenital Heart Disease | en |
| Keyword | COVID-19 | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Congenital Heart Disease and COVID-19: A Single-Center Experience | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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