Abstract :
Introduction: Congenital heart disease refers to any anatomical defect in the heart or major blood vessels present in children at birth. CHD (congenital heart disease) occurs in round about 1% of live births in developed countries. In developing countries due to poor resources, delayed diagnosis and surgery for CHD leads to a vicious cycle of congestive heart failure and respiratory infections, resulting in a high prevalence of preoperative malnutrition in patients with CHD. The incidence of congenital heart disease at birth is variable, incidence figures use to range between 5-8/1000 live births before the introduction of echocardiography but due to better diagnosis in today’s era many more milder forms are being detected, so the current estimates range from 8-12/1000 live births.
Aim & Objective: To assess the nutritional status in patients with CHD using clinical evaluation, anthropometry.
Aim & Objective: It is a cross-sectional observational stud. In our study a total of 75 cases of congenital heart disease were examined in a period of 18 months
Result: Out of 75 patients 56 (74.66%) were
Keyword :
Congenital heart disease, Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, Aortic stenosis, Coarctation of aorta, Ebsteins anomaly