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Pediatric cardiac services in Sudan: Achievements, challenges, and future perspectives (2004–2021)

Pediatric cardiology (PC) is a rapidly advancing specialty addressing a large population of children as well as adults with congenital heart disease. It requires huge technical and financial resources; therefore, establishing, maintaining, and developing such services in limited resource settings ar...

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Autores principales: Ali, Sulafa, Medani, Mohamed Eamin A.M.E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9682464/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36440339
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.793188
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description Pediatric cardiology (PC) is a rapidly advancing specialty addressing a large population of children as well as adults with congenital heart disease. It requires huge technical and financial resources; therefore, establishing, maintaining, and developing such services in limited resource settings are challenging. A PC program that includes clinical aspects, echocardiography, diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization and cardiac surgery, and rheumatic heart disease control was established in Sudan in 2004. There are currently three public centers with facilities to evaluate and treat children with heart disease: two in Khartoum and one in Wad Medani. Major obstacles include the shortage of trained personnel and operation rooms, the deficiency of intensive care facilities, and the financial burden of interventional procedures. This paper details the establishment and progress of the program, its challenges, potential solutions, and future perspectives for PC programs in Sudan and African countries.
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spelling pubmed-96824642022-11-24 Pediatric cardiac services in Sudan: Achievements, challenges, and future perspectives (2004–2021) Ali, Sulafa Medani, Mohamed Eamin A.M.E. Front Pediatr Pediatrics Pediatric cardiology (PC) is a rapidly advancing specialty addressing a large population of children as well as adults with congenital heart disease. It requires huge technical and financial resources; therefore, establishing, maintaining, and developing such services in limited resource settings are challenging. A PC program that includes clinical aspects, echocardiography, diagnostic and interventional cardiac catheterization and cardiac surgery, and rheumatic heart disease control was established in Sudan in 2004. There are currently three public centers with facilities to evaluate and treat children with heart disease: two in Khartoum and one in Wad Medani. Major obstacles include the shortage of trained personnel and operation rooms, the deficiency of intensive care facilities, and the financial burden of interventional procedures. This paper details the establishment and progress of the program, its challenges, potential solutions, and future perspectives for PC programs in Sudan and African countries. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9682464/ /pubmed/36440339 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2022.793188 Text en © 2022 Ali and Medani. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Pediatric cardiac services in Sudan: Achievements, challenges, and future perspectives (2004–2021)
title Pediatric cardiac services in Sudan: Achievements, challenges, and future perspectives (2004–2021)
title_full Pediatric cardiac services in Sudan: Achievements, challenges, and future perspectives (2004–2021)
title_fullStr Pediatric cardiac services in Sudan: Achievements, challenges, and future perspectives (2004–2021)
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title_short Pediatric cardiac services in Sudan: Achievements, challenges, and future perspectives (2004–2021)
title_sort pediatric cardiac services in sudan: achievements, challenges, and future perspectives (2004–2021)
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9682464/
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