Nutritional Prehabilitation Program and Cardiac Surgery Outcome in Pediatrics

Samah Ibrahim Hassan;

Abstract


Summary
C
ongenitalheartdiseases(CHDs)arethemostcommonbirthdefectswithanincidenceofapproximately6-8in1,000livebirths.
Malnutritionisdefinedasastateofpoornutritionandfailureofgrowth.Failureofgrowthexistswhenweightorweightforheight,islessthan2standarddeviationsbelowthemeanforsexandage,weightislessthanthethirdcentile,orweightforagehasazvalueoflessthan-2.0.
Theconceptof“prehabilitation,”essentiallypreparingthepatientfortheupcominginsultandmajormetabolicstress,hasgainedmomentumandisofkeeninterestinmanysurgicalcircles.
Prehabilitationprogramwaspreparedandappliedon40patients(groupAwhoreceivednutrition2weeksbeforesurgeryandgroupBwhoreceivednutrition1weekbeforesurgery)insidethepostoperativepediatricCICU.
Datagainedfromthe40patientswasstatisticallystudiedTheresultswereasfollows;postoperativecomplicationsandmortalitywerestatisticallyloweringroupA,furthermore,postoperativeweightgaindurationofmechanicalventilation,lengthofhospitalstayshowedsignificantdifferencebetweenbothgroups.
ManyofrecentstudiescarriedoutforthepediatricpatientsintheCICUhavesimilarresultstoourstudy.Someotherstudieshavebetterresultsthanourstudy.
Weconcludedthatthenutritionalandotherclinicaloutcomesaswellasfateofthepatientswasmarkedlyimprovedafterapplicationoftheprehabilitationnutritionalprogram.
Fromourresults,werecommendthatnutritiondeliveredtothepatientsintheICUshouldbeguidedbyprehabilitationprogramandthattheregularassessmentofthenutritionalstatusofthepatientsclinicallyandlaboratory.


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Title Nutritional Prehabilitation Program and Cardiac Surgery Outcome in Pediatrics
Other Titles برنامج التأهيل الغذائىونتائج جراحة القلب في طب الأطفال
Authors Samah Ibrahim Hassan
Issue Date 2015

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