title: Trends in diagnosis and prevalence of critical congenital heart defects in the Podkarpacie province in 2002-2004, based on data from the Polish Registry of Congenital Malformations.
abstract: This paper presents results of data collection regarding congenital heart defects (CHD) for the Polish Registry of Congenital Malformations (PRCM) from the Podkarpacie province in 2002-2004. Routine methods (fetal echocardiography, clinical examination) and recently also unique methods (screening echocardiography and pulse oximetry) were used for early detection of critical cardiac malformations. Critical CHD were detected there in 107 newborns in 2002-2004, so the mean prevalence reached 1.71/1000. Within this group, death rate decreased from 8 deaths in 2002 to 2 deaths in 2004, mainly thanks to improved detection and treatment of CHD.
authors: Department of Paediatrics, County Hospital, Tatarska 36, 37-200 Przeworsk, Poland. anetakot@op.pl
authors: Aneta
authors: A
authors: Górska-Kot
authors: Witold
authors: W
authors: Błaz
authors: Ewa
authors: E
authors: Pszeniczna
authors: Józef
authors: J
authors: Rusin
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Materna-Kiryluk
authors: Ewa
authors: E
authors: Homa
authors: Grazyna
authors: G
authors: Hejda
authors: Józef
authors: J
authors: Franus