Open AccessCardiopatia congênita: estado nutricional e proporcionalidade corporal ao nascimento
Author(s) -
Izabela dos Santos Pereira,
Cláudia Porto Sabino Pinho,
Adriana C. Da Silveira
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
braspen journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2764-1546
pISSN - 2525-7374
DOI - 10.37111/braspenj.2020351004
Subject(s) - medicine , heart disease , head circumference , pediatrics , body mass index , birth weight , anthropometry , low birth weight , body weight , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Introduction: Congenital heart diseases have a great impact on perinatal and infant mortality rates in Brazil. These are diseases that can lead to compromised growth and development of the child. The purpose of this study is to describe the nutritional condition and the corporal proportionality to the birth of children with congenital heart disease. Methods: A cross-sectional, retrospective study using data on the birth of children with congenital heart disease admitted to a cardiology service in the Northeast of Brazil between 2011 and 2014. The nutritional status was assessed byweight/age (W/A) indicators, length/age, weight/length, body mass index/age (BMI/A), ponderal index, cephalic perimeter. Results: A total of 117 patients were evaluated, being 60.7% male and 20.9% with cyanotic heart disease. It was found that 6.8% of the children were low birth weight. The nutritional indexes showed a 3.4% deficit in the W/A indicator, in weight/length 5.1%, for BMI/A 4.3% and length/age 7.8%. The ponderal index showed that 28.2% of the children were disproportionate at birth and 84.4% had a normal head circumference. Lower Z score values of W/A (p = 0.030) and BMI/A (p = 0.023) for cyanotic heart disease compared to other types of congenital heart diseases were observed in our study. Conclusions: Children with congenital heart disease had relatively preserved nutritional status at birth, with prevalence of nutritional disorderssimilar to those described in the literature.