Alyssia Venna1, Kathleen Reid2, Sarah Davis2, Jiaxiang Gai3, Yves d’Udekem1, Sarah Clauss2,*
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.17, No.5, pp. 505-518, 2022, DOI:10.32604/chd.2022.021571
Abstract Background: Patients with single ventricle anatomy are at increased risk of growth failure and malnutrition.
Amongst cardiac centers, there is little standardization of feeding practices in this complex population. We
hypothesized that initiation of our center’s preoperative feeding protocol would result in decreased gastrostomy
tube (G-tube) use, decreased length of stay and would not result in increased Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
rates. Methods: A single institution review of 52 patients who had undergone stage I single ventricle palliative
repair was performed. Patient diagnoses were hypoplastic left heart syndrome (39%), atrioventricular canal
(15%), and other (46%). Postoperative parameters such as time to… More >
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