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. 2012 Nov-Dec;20(6):1024-32.
doi: 10.1590/s0104-11692012000600003.

Nutritional status of children with congenital heart disease

[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Flávia Paula Magalhães Monteiro  1 , Thelma Leite de Araujo, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Daniel Bruno Resende Chaves, Beatriz Amorim Beltrão, Alice Gabrielle de Sousa Costa
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Nutritional status of children with congenital heart disease

[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]
Flávia Paula Magalhães Monteiro et al. Rev Lat Am Enfermagem. 2012 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

Objective: to characterize nutritional status and variables that predict nutritional changes in children with congenital heart disease.

Method: a cross-sectional study undertaken in two health institutions between January and June 2009, using a questionnaire with questions about nutrition, applied to 132 children under two years of age who had congenital heart disease. Children who had additional serious illnesses were excluded.

Result: the predominant percentile values and Z scores were concentrated within the range of normal levels. The Z scores, however, presented negative variations with a deviation to the left. In the analysis of predictive factors, the occurrence of immediate and acute malnutrition was related to a decrease in skinfold thickness (decrease in subscapular skinfold thickness, while immediate malnutrition was related to a high Apgar score. Chronic malnutrition was related to female children with higher ages.

Conclusion: it is evidenced that it is necessary to carry out nutritional strategies which improve prognosis, so as to widen the nursing care directed at these children.

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