ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2022
High-Energy Enteral Nutrition in Infants After Complex Congenital Heart Surgery.
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- Impact of early postoperative enteral nutrition initiation timing on infection rate and nutritional status in children with congenital heart disease.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Feed Modification for Improved Energy and Protein Provision for Infants and Young Children in the Pediatric Critical Care Setting: A Scoping Review.Nutrition reviews · 2025Article
- Effect of postoperative enteral protein supplementation on nitrogen balance in critically ill children.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2025Article
- Prevalence, Risk Factors and Impact of Nutrition Interruptions in Critically Ill Children.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Efficacy of early enteral feeding with supplemented mother's milk on postoperative outcomes of cardiac surgical infants: A randomized controlled trial.Annals of pediatric cardiologyArticle
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Abstract
Background: Malnutrition is common in complex congenital heart disease (CCHD). The purpose of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of early initiation of high-energy enteral nutrition (EN) with regular energy EN in infants after surgery for CCHD. Methods: This is a subgroup analysis of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) which was conducted in the cardiac intensive care unit (CICU) of the largest pediatric heart center in China. Eighty children with CCHD after surgery were from two groups, the intervention group ( Results: There was no difference in the daily milk intake between the two groups, but the calorie intake (50.2 vs. 33.4, Conclusions: Early initiation of high-energy EN may be safe and effective in infants after complex cardiac surgery. Low doses high-energy EN did not increase gastrointestinal intolerance or glycemic fluctuations and also improved post-operative nutrition by increasing caloric and protein intake without increasing fluid intake.
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