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Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
versión impresa ISSN 1679-4974versión On-line ISSN 2337-9622
Resumen
CATARINO, Camilla Ferreira; GOMES, Maria Auxiliadora de Souza M.; GOMES, Saint Clair dos Santos y MAGLUTA, Cynthia. Records of congenital heart disease in infants under one year in information systems on birth, hospitalization and death in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, 2006-2010. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.3, pp.535-543. ISSN 1679-4974. http://dx.doi.org/10.5123/s1679-49742017000300011.
OBJECTIVE:
to describe the occurrence of cases of congenital heart disease in infants under one year recorded in health information systems of Rio de Janeiro State, from 2006 to 2010.
METHODS:
descriptive study with data from the Information System on Live Births (Sinasc), Hospital Information System of the Brazilian National Health System (SIH/SUS) and Mortality Information System (SIM).
RESULTS:
a total of 345 records were found on Sinasc, there were 1,089 hospitalized children (SIH/SUS) and 1,121 deaths (SIM) of children under one year of age whose underlying cause was congenital heart disease; the prevalence of congenital heart disease was 3.18/10,000 live births; heart diseases were the main causes of death in the group of congenital malformations, with a mortality coefficient of 1.03/1,000 live births.
CONCLUSION:
there was underreporting of cases of congenital heart disease on Sinasc, demonstrating the difficulty of early diagnosis.
Palabras clave : Heart Defects, Congenital; Information Systems; Infant Mortality; Epidemiology, Descriptive.