RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nutritional treatment of congenital heart disease.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 799
OP 801
DO 10.1136/adc.61.8.799
VO 61
IS 8
A1 D Bougle
A1 M Iselin
A1 A Kahyat
A1 J F Duhamel
YR 1986
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/8/799.abstract
AB Twelve of 13 patients with congenital heart disease given continuous enteral nutrition displayed normal growth; cardiac function remained stable or improved in 10 in spite of the water load (146 +/- 22 ml/kg/day). This is safe treatment for malnutrition in congenital heart disease.