NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF CHILDREN BELOW 5 YEARS OLD CONTINUOUS HEART IN INTERNATIONAL TREATMENT AT HANOI HEART HOSPITAL

Abstract

Objectives: Evaluation of nutritional status of children under 5 years old with congenital heart disease inpatient treatment at Hanoi Heart Hospital.

Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive study on 105 children under 5 years old with congenital heart disease inpatient treatment at the study site from December 2020 to December 2021.

Results: The most common age in the study was < 6 months old (42.9%), the rate of male patients was 48.6% and female patients were 51.4%. The rate of children with congenital heart disease: Atrial septal defect 5.7%, ventricular septal defect 45.7%, aortic duct 12.4%, Pulmonary stenosis 7.6%, tetralogy of Fallot 17.1 %, combination of many malformations 11.4%. 57/105 pediatric patients showed signs of underweight malnutrition (accounting for 54.3%), 48/105 children with stunting malnutrition (accounting for 45.7%) and 44 per cent emaciated malnutrition. 105 pediatric patients (accounting for 41.9%).

Conclusion: Nutritional status of pediatric patients: Acute malnutrition accounted for 15.2%, chronic malnutrition 22.9% and progressive chronic malnutrition 16.2%