Table 6 Prevalence of comorbidities diagnosed in CHD patients
Subspecialty | Comorbidity | No. Patients (%) |
|---|---|---|
Cardiovascular n = 5 | Heart failure | 2 (2.2%) |
Dilated cardiomyopathy | 1(1.1%) | |
Segmental arterial mediolysis | 1(1.1%) | |
Valvular heart disease | 1(1.1%) | |
Gastroenterology n = 3 | Congenital tracheoesophageal fistula | 2 (2.20) |
Gastroesophageal Reflux | 1 (1.1%) | |
Hematological conditions n = 6 | Anaemia | 2 (2.20) |
Haemorrhagic disease | 1 (1.1%) | |
Heamophilic condition | 1 (1.1%) | |
Desseminated intravascular coagulation | 1 (1.1%) | |
Polycythaemia | 1 (1.1%) | |
Orthopedics n = 2 | Myoclonic jerks | 1 (1.1%) |
Nondisplaced avulsion fracture | 1 (1.1%) | |
Neurology n = 2 | Epilepsy | 1 (1.1%) |
Seizures | 1 (1.1%) | |
Nephro-urology n = 1 | Urinary tract infection | 1 (1.1%) |
Pulmonology n = 34 | Acute Bronchitis | 1 (1.1%) |
Bronchiolitis | 1 (1.1%) | |
Bronchopneumonia | 15 (16.5%) | |
Bacterial pneumonia | 1 (1.1%) | |
Upper respiratory infection | 9 (9.89%) | |
Pneumonia | 5 (5.49) | |
Pulmonary/respiratory tuberculosis | 2 (2.20%) | |
Inflammatory/infectious n = 12 | Sepsis | 3 (3.30) |
Conjunctivitis | 2 (2.2%) | |
Infective endocarditis | 2 (2.20) | |
Meningitis | 2 (2.2%) | |
Acute tonsillitis | 1 (1.1%) | |
Gastroenteritis and colitis | 1 (1.1%) | |
Pharyngitis | 1 (1.1%) | |
Parasitic infections n = 5 | Plasmodium falciparum malaria | 5 (5.49) |
Other conditions n = 15 | Malnutrition | 7 (7.7%) |
Immunosuppression | 1 (1.1%) | |
Birth asphyxia | 1 (1.1%) | |
Tinea barbae and tinea capitis | 1 (1.1%) | |
Infantile papular acrodermatitis | 1 (1.1%) | |
Hemopentoneum | 1 (1.1%) | |
Hypothermia | 1 (1.1%) | |
Nonsuppurative otitis media | 1 (1.1%) | |
Epigastric pain | 1 (1.1%) |