par Viart, Pierre 
;Gallez, Arlette ;Primo, Georges
Référence Acta paediatrica Belgica, 31, 4, page (219-227)
Publication Publié, 1978
;Gallez, Arlette ;Primo, Georges Référence Acta paediatrica Belgica, 31, 4, page (219-227)
Publication Publié, 1978
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | In our Paediatric Cardiac Unit, 190 infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) were hospitalized from 1963 till 1967 (period A) and 254 were hospitalized from 1972 till 1976 (period B). Fifty-six patients (29%) were operated upon during period A and 111 (44%) during period B, the post-operative survival rates being 55% and 68% respectively. The proportion of one-stage corrective procedures was 25% during period A, and 47% during period B. The overall and cardiac fatality rates were respectively 56% and 41% during period A compared to 36% and 30% during period B. During period B 40% of all deaths occurred during the first month of life in patients not operated upon. The improved results of period B were related to more rapid and more intensive management of critically ill infants, but progress has still to be made during the neonatal period. |
