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Volume 26

April - June 2010

Number  2


 

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Prevalence and risk factors of mortality after
surgery for congenital heart disease in Tabriz, Iran:
A five year retrospective analysis

Negargar Sohrab1, Yagoubi Alireza2, Mahmoodpoor Ata3,
Samadi Mahmoud4, Qaderi Bahram5, Rahmani Azad6, Sahar Etemadi7

ABSTRACT

Objective: The mortality rate after surgeries for congenital heart disorders is the most important factor for determination of the quality of these operations. A study that evaluate the mortality rate of these surgeries has not been done till now in Iran. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of mortality after surgery for correction of congenital heart disease.

Methodology: In a retrospective study, 120 children who expired after cardiac surgery and also 150 children who survived after surgery were evaluated between 2005 and 2009. Personal and Social parameters and some risk factors were analyzed. Analysis of results was performed using SPSS version 14 and descriptive and inferential statistics.

Results: It showed that 12.64% of children died after surgery. Important risk factors of death were age, weight, height, body surface, preoperative Blood Urea Nitrogen, preoperative Prothrombin Time, preoperative cyanosis and postoperative bleeding.

Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that the death rate of children after heart surgery in cardiovascular center of Tabriz Medical University seems to be high. Because of the lack of studies in this field more trials are advised.

KEY WORDS: Heart Surgery, Congenital Heart Disease, Risk Factors, Prevalence, Mortality.

Pak J Med Sci    April - June 2010    Vol. 26 No. 2    267-270

How to cite this article:

Sohrab N, Alireza Y, Ata M, Mahmoud S, Bahram Q, Azad R. Prevalence and risk factors of mortality after surgery for congenital heart disease in Tabriz, Iran: A five year retrospective analysis. Pak J Med Sci 2010;26(2):267-270.


1. Negargar Sohrab,
Associate Professor of Anesthesiology,
2. Yagoubi Alireza,
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery,
3. Ata Mahmoodpoor,
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology,
Fellowship of Critical Care Medicine,
4. Samadi Mahmoud,
Assistant Professor of Cardiology, Pediatric Cardiologist,
5. Qaderi Bahram,
MS in Anethesiology, Cardiovascular Center,
6. Rahmani Azad,
PhD Student of Nursing, Cardiovascular Center,
7. Sahar Etemadi, Medical Student
1-7: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz - Iran.

Correspondence:

Ata Mahmoodpoor, MD, FCCM
General ICU, Shohada hospital,
Tabriz, Iran.
Email: amahmoodpoor@yahoo.com

* Received for Publication: January 25, 2010

* Accepted: March 24, 2010



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