Preoperative Malnutrition Increases Risk of In-Hospital Mortality, Major Infection, and Longer Intensive Care Unit Stay After Ventricular Septal Defect Closure.
Rachel E WittenbergKimberlee GauvreauChristopher P DugganXinwei DuDo GiangKishore V K JayanthiNéstor F SandovalSivakumar SivalingamXiaolei ZhaoKathy J JenkinsPublished in: Journal of the American Heart Association (2024)
Malnutrition was associated with mortality, infection, and longer intensive care unit stay in a global cohort of children undergoing VSD closure.