The Relevance of Assessment of Nutritional Status in Children with Chronic Heart Failure

Abstract

The article provides information on disorders of nutritional status (malnutrition) in children with chronic heart failure (congenital heart diseases, cardiomyopathy), discusses the causes of growth retardation and failure to thrive. The factors of the risk of nutritionaldeficiency development and the possibility of its correction with the use of nutritional products with a specially given composition. It is presented the clinical observation of an infant with congenital heart disease, aortic coarctation and patent ductus arteriosus, chronic heart failure 2B-A st. and severe malnutrition. The correction of nutritional status using a specialized formula for enteral nutrition in the course of adequate medical therapy allowed to improve the general condition of a patient and positive dynamics of body weight.

Keywords

• children
• chronic heart failure
• congenital heart disease
• cardiomyopathy
• malnutrition
• enteral nutrition