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A cross-sectional audit of the prevalence of stunting in children attending a regional paediatric cardiology service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2015

Luise V. Marino  and
Alan Magee
Luise V. Marino*
Affiliation:
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
Alan Magee
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
*
Correspondence to: L. V. Marino, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, S016 6YD, United Kingdom. Tel:+440 238 079 6072; Fax:+44 (0)2381204117; E-mail: luise.marino@uhs.nhs.uk
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Abstract

CHD is associated with poor growth, delayed motor and language skills development, and increased length of hospital stay; 28.2% of infants were stunted, with z-scores<−2. The severity of surgery score was not associated with an increased length of stay, suggesting that a low weight-for-age z-score at the time of surgery may impact on length of stay.

Keywords

CHDpaediatricsmalnutrition

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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , April 2016 , pp. 787 - 789
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© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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