Impact of the nutritional status of children with congenital heart diseases on the early post-operative outcome

Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette

Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study population

Variable		Total number of patients, 259	%
Infection	No infection	183	58.5
Infection	Infection	76	41.5
Mortality	Alive	248	95.8
Mortality	Dead	11	4.2
Maturity	Term	244	94.2
Maturity	Preterm	15	5.8
Weight (percentile)	5 and less	123	48.2
	5-10	28	10.0
	10-25	59	23.1
	25-50	26	10.2
	50 and more	19	7.5
Height (percentile)	5 and less	91	36.3
	5-10	22	8.8
	10-25	76	29.5
	25-50	26	10
	50 and more	40	15.5
Weight/height (percentile)	5 and less	97	38.2
	5-10	7	2.7
	10-25	75	29.1
	25-50	38	15
	50 and more	38	15
FTT	No	200	77.2
FTT	Yes	59	22.8
Wasting	Normal	164	63.3
	Mild	11	4.2
	Moderate	22	8.5
	Severe	62	23.9
Waterlow wasting	No	175	67.6
Waterlow wasting	Yes	84	32.4
GERD	No	234	90.3
GERD	Yes	25	9.7
Occurrence of constipation	No	226	87.3
Occurrence of constipation	Yes	33	12.7
Usual intake is < 50 of Energy RDA needs pre-admission	No	179	69.1
Usual intake is < 50 of Energy RDA needs pre-admission	Yes	80	30.9