Efficacy and Safety of the Implementation of an Algorithm for Enteral Nutrition Support Compared With Traditional Practice in Children With Congenital Heart Disease: Randomized Clinical Trial, Simple Blind.
Efficacy and Safety of the Implementation of an Algorithm for Enteral Nutrition Support Compared With Traditional Practice in Children With Congenital Heart Disease: Randomized Clinical Trial, Simple Blind.
The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the implementation of an algorithm for enteral nutrition support compared with usual standard practice in children with malnutrition status with congenital heart disease
In many developing countries, pediatric cardiac programs are not fully established, and nutrition support algorithm is lack. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the the efficacy and safety of the implementation of an algorithm for enteral nutrition support compared with usual standard practice in children with malnutrition status with congenital heart disease. The usual standard practice for feeding often interrupted by retention in the gut and then choose the parenteral nutrition support especially in the patients with unstable hemodynamic status. Actually tiny and continuous feeding would improve the gut function and reach the adequate energy supply.
Inclusion Criteria:
weight-for-age of z-score <-2; or length-for-age of z score <-2; or weight-for-length of z score <-2
Exclusion Criteria:
Any patient with congenital genetic metabolic diseases