Introduction: The iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is the most common micronutrient malnutrition in the world. This condition has been shown to increase morbidity in adults and to exert negative impact on the psycho-motor development in children. The IDA in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) with its negative consequence has been recognized for a long time but in clinical practice the issue does not gain sufficient attention in developing countries.Objectives: We conducted this study to investigate the prevalence of IDA in children with CHD and to assess the diagnostic values of hemogram, especially the erythrocyte indexes as a simple tool for early recognition of IDA. Materials and methods: Children under 15 years old with confirmed CHD admitted to were recr uited. The total blood cell count, serum iron, ferritin and transferrin were measured preoperatively.Results: There were 69 pediatric patients were recruited in which 36 children with cyanotic CHD and 33 children with acyanotic CHD. There were 11.1% of children with cyanotic CHD and 3% of children with acyanotic CHD who showed true IDA. The prevalence of depletion or reduction of body iron store was very high. Up to 77.8% of children with cyanotic CHD and 87.2% children with acyanotic CHD were at risk of iron deficiency. The erythrocyte indexes proved to be useful as simple tool for detecting IDA in children with cyanotic CHD.Conclusion: IN the present investigation, the prevalence of IDA was found high in the children with CHD. The total blood cell count and erythrocyte indexes were of suggestive value for diagnosis of IDA. Iron supplement treatment should be recommended in this group of patients. AbstractIron deficiency anemia in children with congenital heart disease and the usefulness of erythrocyte indexes as a screening tool.
Surgical treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm in patients with a transplanted kidney is true a challenge. Conventional open repair of the aneurysm requires aortic cross-clamping. Therefore, it can pose a risk of ischemic injury to the transplanted kidney. Endovascular repair, which limits the duration of interruption of blood flow to the transplanted kidney, is a suitable alternative for repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm, if feasible anatomically. Here, we present a case of a 62-year-old woman who was transferred to our hospital because of abdominal pain and had a history of renal transplant 14 years ago. Computed tomography confirmed a large infrarenal fusiform abdominal aortic aneurysm 6 cm in maximal diameter and another 4 cm fusiform aneurysm in the left common iliac artery. We successfully performed endovascular aneurysm repair combined with femoro-femoral bypass. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient was discharged on the 5th postoperative day.
Coronary artery disease was the cause of half of morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular diseases in 2013. Myocardial infarction (MI) has been a common medical emergency with high mortality rate and complications unless it is early and appropriately treated. Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) has been popularly used in assessment of health state among coronary artery disease patients undergone both medical and surgical therapies. Bayesian model averaging approach statistically facilitated for identifying potential predictors of HRQoL among post-MI patients following up at University Medical Center, Ho Chi Minh City. The cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 146 participants diagnosed and treated with acute myocardial infarction from April 1st 2017 to June 30th 2017. The better HRQoL in physical component summary was associated with higher educational levels (coefficient=1.2) and weekly moderate – intensity physical activity (coefficient=0.002) but the contrast status for the female (coefficient =-3.7) in the fit model with R2= 0.24, BIC=-25.7 and posterior probability=11.7%. The good economic household (coefficient=9.8), more daily sitting time (coefficient =1.4) and weekly moderate – intensity physical activity (coefficient =0.004) predicted the increase of mental component summary score in the given model with R2= 0.08, BIC=-20.3 and posterior probability=25%. The post – MI patients experienced low physical health much more than mental health. The female and suitable physical activity should be concerned in the rehabilitation program as well as follow-up care during the discharge process.
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