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WORLD JOURNAL FOR PEDIATRIC AND CONGENITAL HEART SURGERY
Volume 6, Issue 3, Pages 443-454Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/2150135115576929
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cardiac intensive care; children; congenital heart disease; congenital heart surgery; nutrition; pediatric; intensive care
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Energy imbalance in infants and children with congenital heart disease (CHD) is common and influenced by age, underlying cardiac diagnoses, and presence or absence of congestive heart failure. During the surgical hospitalization period, these children are prone to nutritional deterioration due to stress of surgery, anesthetic/perfusion techniques, and postoperative care. Poor nutrition is associated with increased perioperative morbidity and mortality. This review aims to examine various aspects of nutrition in critically ill children with CHD, including (1) energy expenditure, (2) perioperative factors that contribute to energy metabolism, (3) bedside practices that are potentially able to optimize nutrient delivery, and (4) medium- to long-term impact of energy balance on clinical outcomes. We propose a nutrition algorithm to optimize nutrition of these children in the perioperative period where improvements in nutrition status will likely impact surgical outcomes.
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