Changes in resting energy expenditure in children with congenital heart disease

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to relate changes in energy expenditure and growth in infants with congenital heart disease (CHD), to the timing of corrective cardiac surgery. Methods: Prospective cohort study of infants less than 1 year with CHD admitted for cardiac surgery to Royal Children's Hospital, between January to September 2005. Infants were assessed using anthropometry and indirect calorimetry and compared to healthy age-matched controls. Results: Infants (38) underwent corrective (n = 25) or palliative (n = 13) cardiac surgery either at ≤ 10 days or at >10 days. Infants undergoing corrective surgery after 10 days had deficits in z-scores for weight compared with infants und..