Nutritional Status in Children with Un-Operated Congenital Heart Disease: An Egyptian Center Experience
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Nutritional Status in Children with Un-Operated Congenital Heart Disease: An Egyptian Center Experience
BACKGROUND Malnutrition is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). This study aimed to identify prevalence and predictors of malnutrition in Egyptian children with symptomatic CHD. METHODS This case-control study included 100 children with symptomatic CHD (76 acyanotic and 24 cyanotic) and 100 healthy children matched for age and sex as a con...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Pediatrics
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2296-2360
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2015.00053