@Article{chd.12489,
AUTHOR = {Wen-Yi Luo, Zhuo-Ming Xu, Li Hong, Qian-Yue Wu, Yue-Yue Zhang},
TITLE = {Nutritional outcomes in infants with food allergy after cardiac surgery},
JOURNAL = {Structural and Congenital Heart Disease},
VOLUME = {12},
YEAR = {2017},
NUMBER = {6},
PAGES = {777--782},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/schd/v12n6/39214},
ISSN = {3071-1738},
ABSTRACT = {<b>Background:</b> Food allergy is a rapidly growing public health concern because of its increasing
prevalence, as well as life-threatening potential. There is limited knowledge on the nutritional status for the pediatric congenital heart disease (CHD) patients with food allergy.<br/>
<b>Objective:</b> This study investigated both clinical and nutritional outcomes according to the CHD
infants with food allergy.<br/>
<b>Methods:</b> Forty CHD infants with food allergy and 39 controls were recruited in Shanghai, China.
The height and weight for age and weight for height were converted to z-scores to evaluate their
effects on nutritional status before and after CHD operation.<br/>
<b>Results:</b> Cow’s milk showed the most frequently sensitized food allergen. The WHZ in the ≥2
allergen group was different before operation and after operation (P = .040). The number of sensitized food allergens significantly correlated with the WHZ (r = -0.431, P = .001), WAZ
(r = -0.465, P = .000), and HAZ (r = -0.287, P = .025). Infection and NT-BNP showing negative
correlation with WHZ and WAZ of infants with food allergy.<br/>
<b>Conclusions:</b> The increased number of sensitized food allergens is associated with negative effects
on both short-term and long-term nutritional status in infants with CHD. Therefore, the meticulous and continuous evaluation and management of both growth and nutritional status should be
considered in CHD patients with a high number of sensitized food allergens.},
DOI = {10.1111/chd.12489}
}