Malnutrition in children with congenital heart defects

To assess the frequency of malnutrition in children with congenital heart defects in a hospital outpatient setting. One hundred and fifty-two children with congenital heart defects (patients), and an equal number of children with innocent cardiac murmurs (controls) attending the Pediatric Cardiology...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Saudi medical journal 2001-11, Vol.22 (11), p.964-967
Hauptverfasser:	VENUGOPALAN, Poothirikovil, AKINBAMI, Felix O, AL-HINAI, Khalid M, AGARWAL, Ajit K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Case-Control Studies Child Child, Preschool Congenital heart diseases. Malformations of the aorta, pulmonary vessels and vena cava Female Heart Heart Defects, Congenital - complications Heart Defects, Congenital - epidemiology Humans Infant Male Medical sciences Nutrition Disorders - complications Nutrition Disorders - epidemiology Nutritional Status Oman - epidemiology Prospective Studies Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	To assess the frequency of malnutrition in children with congenital heart defects in a hospital outpatient setting. One hundred and fifty-two children with congenital heart defects (patients), and an equal number of children with innocent cardiac murmurs (controls) attending the Pediatric Cardiology Outpatient Clinic at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman from 1997 to 1998 were prospectively studied. Weight, height and head circumference were used for evaluation of nutritional status. Patients and controls were categorized into acute malnutrition (weight 3rd centile), and chronic malnutrition (weight and height
ISSN:	0379-5284