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Erschienen in: Pediatric Cardiology 5/2021

18.03.2021 | Original Article

Congenital Heart Disease in Syrian Refugee Children: The Experience at a Tertiary Care Center in a Developing Country

verfasst von: Hala Mostafa, Moustafa Rashed, Majdulddine Azzo, Anas Tabbakh, Omar El Sedawi, Haitham Bou Hussein, Athar Khalil, Ziad Bulbul, Fadi Bitar, Issam El Rassi, Mariam Arabi

Erschienen in: Pediatric Cardiology | Ausgabe 5/2021

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Abstract

The influx of Syrian refugees to Lebanon that began in 2012 created new health-care and financial stressors on the country with an increase in communicable and non-communicable diseases. This study aims to describe the presentations, diagnoses, management, financial burden, and outcomes among Syrian refugees with congenital heart disease (CHD) in Lebanon. This is a retrospective study that was conducted through reviewing the charts of all Syrian pediatric patients referred to the Children’s Heart Center at the American University of Beirut Medical Center for evaluation between the years 2012 and 2017. We reviewed the charts of 439 patients. The mean age at presentation was 3.97 years, and 205 patients (46.7%) were females. 99 Patients (22.6%) were found to have no heart disease, 69 (15.7%) had simple, 146 (33.3%) had moderate, and 125 (28.5%) had complex heart diseases. 176 (40.1%) Patients underwent interventional procedures, with a surgical mortality rate of 10.1%, compared to a rate of 2.9% among non-Syrian children. The average cost per surgical procedure was $15,160. CHD poses a significant health and financial burden on the Syrian refugee population in Lebanon, a small country with very limited resources. The Syrian cohort had a higher frequency of complex cardiac lesions, presented late with additional comorbidities, and had a strikingly elevated surgical mortality rate. Securing appropriate funds can improve the lives of this population, ease the financial burden on the hosting country, provide adequate health-care services, and improve morbidity and mortality.
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Metadaten
Titel
Congenital Heart Disease in Syrian Refugee Children: The Experience at a Tertiary Care Center in a Developing Country
verfasst von
Hala Mostafa
Moustafa Rashed
Majdulddine Azzo
Anas Tabbakh
Omar El Sedawi
Haitham Bou Hussein
Athar Khalil
Ziad Bulbul
Fadi Bitar
Issam El Rassi
Mariam Arabi
Publikationsdatum
18.03.2021
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Pediatric Cardiology / Ausgabe 5/2021
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-021-02574-5

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