Preoperative nutritional status and serum insulin-like growth factor of children with cyanotic and acyanotic congenital heart disease.

Background: Malnutrition is common among children with congenital heart disease (CHD). We compared the anthropometric indices, serum insulin-like growth factor (IGF), and IGF acid-labile subunit (IGFALS) of children with cyanotic and acyanotic CHD before corrective surgery.

Methods: This 82-patient case-control study included 1- to 24-month-old CHD patients referred for corrective surgery.

Pre-operative nutritional status and its association with short-term post-operative outcomes in Iranian children with CHD.

Background: Nutritional assessment appears to be an essential component of the evaluation of children with CHD undergoing surgery because nutritional status may impact corrective surgery-associated morbidity.

Methods: A prospective single-centre cohort study with children between 6 and 24 months of age. Patients who had genetic syndromes or those who were premature or low birthweight at birth were excluded.