Table 1 Drug use according to selected characteristics in children hospitalized with congenital and acquired heart diseases (n = 853)

Gender

 Male

274 (58.2)

197 (41.8)

471 (100)

 Female

221 (57.9)

161 (42.1)

382 (100)

Residence

 Urban

88 (54.7)

73 (45.3)

161 (100)

 Rural

407 (58.8)

285 (41.2)

692 (100)

Age (years)

  ≤ 1

136 (76.8)

41 (23.2)

177 (100)

 2–3

110 (67.1)

54 (32.9)

164 (100)

 4–6

100 (50.8)

97 (49.2)

197 (100)

 7–11

95 (52.5)

86 (47.5)

181 (100)

 12–15

54 (40.3)

80 (59.7)

134 (100)

Length of hospitalization (days)

 1–7

205 (50.5)

201 (49.5)

406 (100)

  ≥ 8

290 (64.9)

157 (35.1)

447 (100)

Diagnosis

Congenital heart diseases treated by surgery + drug therapy

 Yes

81 (53.6)

70 (46.4)

151 (100)

 No

414 (59.0)

288 (41.0)

702 (100)

Congenital heart diseases treated only by drug therapy

 Yes

331 (66.9)

164 (33.1)

495 (100)

 No

164 (45.8)

194 (54.2)

358 (100)

Acquired cardiovascular diseases treated by drug therapy

 Yes

398 (67.9)

188 (32.1)

586 (100)

 No

97 (36.3)

170 (63.7)

267 (100)

Rheumatic diseases treated by drug therapy

 Yes

88 (45.1)

107 (54.9)

195 (100)

 No

407 (61.9)

251 (38.1)

658 (100)

Weight (kg)

  ≤ 10

182 (75.5)

59 (24.5)

241 (100)

 11–19

166 (56.7)

127 (43.3)

293 (100)

  ≥ 20

147 (46.1)

172 (53.9)

319 (100)

Number of prescribed drugs

 1–4

65 (21.4)

239 (78.6)

304 (100)

 5

115 (56.4)

89 (43.6)

204 (100)

 6

153 (86.9)

23 (13.1)

176 (100)

 7–14

162 (95.9)

7 (4.1)

169 (100)

All subjects

495 (58.0)

358 (42.0)

853 (100)