Nutritional status of children with congenital heart disease

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem

Flávia Paula Magalhães Monteiro¹  Thelma Leite De Araujo²  Marcos Venícios De Oliveira Lopes²  Daniel Bruno Resende Chaves¹  Beatriz Amorim Beltrão¹  Alice Gabrielle De Sousa Costa¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal do Ceará,Brazil

关键词: Child;    Heart Defects;    Nutritional Status;    Nursing;    Criança;    Cardiopatias Congênitas;    Estado Nutricional;    Enfermagem;    Niño;    Cardiopatías Congênitas;    Estado Nutricional;    Enfermería;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0104-11692012000600003

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: to characterize nutritional status and variables that predict nutritional changes in children with congenital heart disease. METHOD: a cross-sectional study undertaken in two health institutions between January and June 2009, using a questionnaire with questions about nutrition, applied to 132 children under two years of age who had congenital heart disease. Children who had additional serious illnesses were excluded. RESULT: the predominant percentile values and Z scores were concentrated within the range of normal levels. The Z scores, however, presented negative variations with a deviation to the left. In the analysis of predictive factors, the occurrence of immediate and acute malnutrition was related to a decrease in skinfold thickness (decrease in subscapular skinfold thickness, while immediate malnutrition was related to a high Apgar score. Chronic malnutrition was related to female children with higher ages. CONCLUSION: it is evidenced that it is necessary to carry out nutritional strategies which improve prognosis, so as to widen the nursing care directed at these children.

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