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. 2020 Nov 13;33(1):e1486.
doi: 10.1590/0102-672020190001e1486. eCollection 2020.

Incidence of malnutrition, esophageal stenosis and respiratory complications among children with repaired esophageal atresia

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Shahnam Askarpour  1   2 , Mehran Peyvasteh  2 , Mozhgan Dashtyan  3 , Hazhir Javaherizadeh  1   4   5 , Mitra Ahmadi  4 , Mohsen Ali-Samir  1
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Incidence of malnutrition, esophageal stenosis and respiratory complications among children with repaired esophageal atresia

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Shahnam Askarpour et al. Arq Bras Cir Dig. .

Abstract
in English, Portuguese

Background: Esophageal atresia is congenital anomaly with high mortality. Surgical complications and changes in nutritional status are common problems after surgical correction.

Aim: o evaluate nutritional status, esophageal stenosis, and respiratory complications among children who had repaired esophageal atresia.

Methods: Children aged >2 months old with repaired esophageal atresia were included in the current study. Gender, age, weight, and height were recorded for each case. Height for age and weight for age were calculated for each case.

Results: According to weight for length percentile, 41.02% of the cases were underweight. Esophageal stenosis was seen in 54.76% of the obtained esophagograms.

Conclusion: Underweight was present in 41.02 of the patients according to weight-for-height percentile.

Racional:: Atresia de esôfago é anomalia congênita com mortalidade alta. Complicações cirúrgicas e alterações no estado nutricional são problemas comuns após correção cirúrgica.

Objetivo:: Avaliar o estado nutricional, a estenose esofágica e as complicações respiratórias em crianças que tiveram a reparação de atresia de esôfago.

Métodos:: Crianças com idade> 2 meses de idade com atresia esofágica reparada foram incluídas no estudo atual. Sexo, idade, peso e altura foram registrados para cada caso. A altura por idade e o peso por idade foram calculados para cada caso.

Resultados:: De acordo com o peso para o percentil de comprimento, 41,02% dos casos estavam abaixo do peso. Estenose esofágica foi observada em 54,76% do esofagograma obtido.

Conclusão:: O baixo peso esteve presente em 41,02 dos pacientes, de acordo com o percentil peso/estatura.

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Conflict of interest: none

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