CLINICAL ASPECTS OF COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS IN YOUNG CHILDREN

Abstract

Among respiratory diseases, pneumonia occupies an important place in the overall structure of pathology in young children. An unfavorable course of pneumonia is associated with concomitant diseases: rickets, protein-energy malnutrition, congenital heart defects (CHD), and others. Diagnosis is often difficult, since the statistical pattern of such a disease combination is clinically close to its manifestations. Objective of the study: to examine the clinical and laboratory features of community-acquired pneumonia against the background of CHD and to develop diagnostic and prognostic criteria for the development of a severe course of pneumonia in young children with CHD