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. 2022 Jul 10;14(7):e26721. doi: 10.7759/cureus.26721

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