Table 2. Primary diagnoses among pediatric heart failure-related in-hospital deaths according to different age groups.
Age (years) | Primary diagnoses | n | % |
Less than 2 | Hypoplastic left heart syndrome | 21 | 3.65 |
Respiratory failure of newborn | 16 | 2.7 | |
Double outlet right ventricle | 15 | 2.51 | |
2 - 12 | Sepsis, unspecified organism | 14 | 8 |
Acute on chronic systolic heart failure | 9 | 5.19 | |
Acute on chronic combined systolic and diastolic HF | 8 | 4.54 | |
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome | 8 | 4.51 | |
13 - 20 | Sepsis, unspecified organism | 28 | 11.59 |
Acute on chronic systolic heart failure | 10 | 3.99 | |
Acute respiratory failure | 9 | 3.79 |