Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of Pediatric heart failure at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, January 2014– January 2016

Variable	Frequency(n)	Percentage (%)
Age in years (n=216)
<2	54	25
2–5	38	17.6
5–10	56	25.9
≥10	68	31.5
Sex (n=216)
Male	112	51.9
Female	104	48.1
Presenting Symptom (n=216)
Cough	60	27.8
Fast breathing	29	13.4
Feeding interruption	55	25.5
Body swelling	34	15.7
Easy fatigability	22	10.2
Fever	4	1.9
Others*	12	5.5
Heart failure cause (n=216)
Structural heart disease	144	66.7
Anemia	50	23.1
Renal cause(hypertension)	12	5.6
Corpulmonale	5	2.3
Others+	5	2.3
Functional Classification
(NYHA/Modified Ross) (n=216)
Class IV	65	30.1
Class III	139	64.3
Class II	12	5.6
Precipitating factor/comorbidity(n=154)
Pneumonia	66	42.9
Infective endocarditis	29	18.8
Severe acute malnutrition	10	6.5
Down syndrome	19	12.3
Others++	30	19.4
Outcome (n=216)
Improved	178	82.4
Self-discharged against medical advice	8	3.7
Died	30	13.9

^*include orthopnea, palpitation, and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea;

⁺include tuberculous pericarditis, malnutrition;

⁺⁺Arrhythmias, rheumatic recurrence