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Table 6 Prevalence of comorbidities diagnosed in CHD patients

From: Clinical Spectrum of congenital heart defects (CHD) detected at the child health Clinic in a Tertiary Health Facility in Ghana: a retrospective analysis

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%)