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neonates with saturation less than 95 percent with Persistent oxygen
dependency, murmur, tachypnea more than 55 per minute were taken for
Echocardiography in Kamla Nehru Hospital, a branch of IGMC Shimla. The
prevalence of CHD in NICU was 15 percent which simulated with prevalence
described previously. Clinical tools were at par with echo study.
Among
Cyanotic CHD; TOF- 2 case, TGA- 1 case, DORV-1 case, Mitral Atresia -2 cases.
PPHN
was seen in 250 cases. Among Acyanotic CHD, ASD-1 case, VSD- small-1 case, VSD
Moderate size -1 case, Large VSD -2 cases, PDA- Large -31 cases, AVSD-1 case,
Moderate MR -21 cases, Severe biventricular dysfunction-19 cases, Significant Biventricular
hypertrophy-21 cases.
SHD
was detected 2 -6 day of age with significant p value (0.004) as compared to
Non SHD group. Oxygen saturation less than 95 percent was significantly
associated with SHD with a significant p value (0.06).
Cyanotic
CHD presented earlier than Acyanotic CHD with a significant p value (0.08).
Higher maternal age showed significant correlation with Cyanotic CHD (p value -
0.04). Male babies had more cyanotic CHD than female babies (p value- 0.07)
Gestational
age, birth weight, tachypnea, retraction, tachycardia, paternal age did not
show any significance with acyanotic or cyanotic CHD.
On
logistic regression analysis, for diagnosis of SHD, HR increase by 10 per
minute, 1.78(1.07-2.96) P value=0.02, and detection of murmur 3.0(1.29-7.3),p
value=0.01 showed highly significant p values.
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