Nutritional Prehabilitation Program and Cardiac Surgery Outcome in Pediatrics
Congenital Heart Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Congenital Heart Disease
Eligibility Criteria
The study included all infants with CHD, admitted to the cardiothoracic unit for either palliative or corrective surgery, and suffering from nutritional deficiencies with moderate or severe malnutrition .
Infants received long-term nutritional prehabiliatation. Those with congenital or acquired anomaly of the gastrointestinal tract; multiple congenital anomalies; chromosomal, metabolic,or endocrine diseases; any systemic illness; or fever or infection within 1 wk before the study entry were excluded
Sites / Locations
- 38 abbasia, next to nour mosque, Ain Shams University Hospital, Pediatrics department
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
two weeks prehabilitation group
one week prehabilitation group
Nutritional perioperative prehabilitation program for two weeks in malnourished congenital heart disease children
Nutritional perioperative prehabilitation program for one week in malnourished congenital heart disease children