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Review
. 2022 Apr 17;14(8):1671.
doi: 10.3390/nu14081671.

Optimal Nutrition Parameters for Neonates and Infants with Congenital Heart Disease

Alina-Costina Luca  1 , Ingrith Crenguța Miron  1 , Dana Elena Mîndru  1 , Alexandrina Ștefania Curpăn  2 , Ramona Cătălina Stan  3 , Elena Țarcă  4 , Florin-Alexandru Luca  5 , Alexandra Ioana Pădureț  3
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Review

Optimal Nutrition Parameters for Neonates and Infants with Congenital Heart Disease

Alina-Costina Luca et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

Congenital heart defects are known causes of malnutrition. Optimal nutritional management is paramount in improving short and long-term prognosis for neonates and infants with congenital heart malformations, as current strategies target preoperative and postoperative feeding requirements. Standardized enteral and/or parenteral feeding protocols, depending on the systemic implications of the cardiac defect, include the following common practices: diagnosing and managing feeding intolerance, choosing the right formula, and implementing a monitoring protocol. The latest guidelines from the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and the European Society of Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, as well as a significant number of recent scientific studies, offer precious indications for establishing the best feeding parameters for neonates and infants with heart defects.

Keywords: congenital heart disease; enteral feeding; nutrition; parenteral feeding.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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