Growth and Nutritional Intake of Infants with Univentricular Circulation

To evaluate the nutritional status and early nutritional intake of infants with univentricular congenital heart disease. The included infants underwent a Norwood procedure or hybrid intervention (stage 1) within the first 6 weeks of life, between January 2014 and January 2019, at Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin. Demographic, anthropometric, nutritional intake, and morbidity data were collected. Data were collected on 90 infants and 1886 neonatal admission days. There was a significant drop in mean weight-for-age z-score (WAZ) between measurements at birth, −0.01 and on discharge post stage 1 surgery −1.45 (P