Retrospective Evaluation of Children Applying for Athlete Licenses

Year 2019, Volume: 50 Issue: 2, 54 - 58, 15.06.2019

Nilüfer Çetiner , İbrahim Hakan Bucak , Habip Almış , Fedli Emre Kılıç Mehmet Turgut

https://doi.org/10.16948/zktipb.450625

Abstract

Objective:
The numbers of children and adolescents taking part in sporting activities has
risen increasingly in recent years, but sudden deaths occurring during matches
or training are a cause for concern among families and in society. The purpose
of the study was to seek an answer to the question of whether children should
be evaluated by a pediatric cardiologist for sports licenses.

Material and Methods:
168 children aged 7-17 who had newly started sporting activities or doing sport
for some time were included in the study. Participants underwent a detailed
physical examination and were assessed by a pediatric cardiologist. Athletes
were examined using history, physical examination, 12-channel echocardiogram
and echocardiography.  Children with arrhythmia
were investigated using 24-h Holter monitoring.

Results:
168 cases, 136 (81%) boys and 32 (19%) girls  were enrolled. The mean age of the cases was 13 years. Pathology
was determined in 4.1% of all subjects at electrocardiogram and in 11.9% at echocardiography.
Effort tests were applied to 14 children with significant symptoms, in whom
arrhythmia was determined or with a family history, 24-h rhythm Holter monitoring
to five children and ambulatory Holter monitoring to one hypertensive child.
Holter monitoring revealed frequent isolated monomorphic ventricular premature
contraction in two subjects. Seven participants were eventually suspended from
sporting activities.

Conclusion:National
guidelines including presport cardiovascular evaluation have been developed in
order to prevent sports-related sudden deaths. The main conclusion from our
findings is that young children engaging in sports should be evaluated by a
pediatric cardiologist before starting sporting activities.

Keywords

athletes, child, electrocardiogram, echocardiography, sudden death

Sporcu Lisansı İçin Başvuran Çocukların Retrospektif Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Amaç: Spor faaliyetlerine katılan
çocukların ve ergenlerin sayısı son yıllarda giderek artmaktadır, ancak
müsabaka/ antreman sırasında meydana gelen ani ölümler aileler ve toplum
arasında endişe kaynağıdır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, çocuklara spor lisansı için
pediatrik kardiyolog tarafından değerlendirilmesi gerekir mi sorusuna bir cevap
aramaktı.

Materyal ve Metod:
Yaşları 7-17
arasında olan spora yeni başlamış 168 çocuk çalışmaya dahil edildi.
Katılımcılar detaylı bir fizik muayeneden geçirildi ve bir pediatrik kardiyolog
tarafından değerlendirildi. Sporcu çocuklar öykü, fizik muayene, 12
derivasyonlu elektrokardiyografi  ve
ekokardiyografi ile incelendi. Aritmi saptanan hastalar 24 saatlik Holter
monitörizasyonu ile araştırıldı.

Bulgular:
Çalışmada 136 (%81) erkek  ve 32 (%19) kız  toplam 168 olgu mevcuttu.  Olguların yaşları ortalaması 13 yıl
(7-17) idi. Tüm katılımcıların % 4,1’inde elektrokardiyogramda ve %
11,9’nda ekokardiyografide patoloji saptandı. Anlamlı şikayeti olan, aritmi
saptanan veya aile hikayesi olan 14 çocuğa efor testi, 5 çocuğa 24 saat ritim
Holter monitörizasyonu ve hipertansif olan 1 çocuğa 24 saat ambulatuar holter
monitörizasyon yapıldı. Holter monitörizasyonu katılımcıların 2’nde sık izole
monomorfik ventriküler erken atımı açığa çıkardı. Yedi katılımcı profesyonel
spor aktivitelerinden uzaklaştırıldı.

Sonuç: Spor aktivitelerine bağlı ani
ölümleri engellemek amacı ile spor öncesi kardiyovasküler değerlendirmeyi
içeren ulusal kılavuzlar geliştirilmelidir. Genç çocuk sporcuların spor aktivitelerine
başlamadan önce bir pediatrik kardiyolog tarafından değerlendirilmesi gerektiği
çalışmamızın ana sonucudur.

Keywords

ani ölüm, çocuk, elektrokardiyogram, ekokardiyografi, sporcu

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