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Pre-operative nutritional status and its association with short-term post-operative outcomes in Iranian children with CHD.

Maryam AryafarMohammad MahdaviHossein ShahzadiFatemeh GabelehJavad Nasrollahzadeh
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2022)
Pre-operative assessment of nutritional status by performing anthropometric and biochemical measurements including mid-upper arm circumference z score and serum protein concentrations in children undergoing CHD surgery appears to be predictors of some post-operative short-term outcomes and could be used as a guide to highlight patients needing appropriate perioperative nutritional interventions.
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