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Nutrition Interventions for Children with Special Health Care Needs

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Chapter 18 - <strong>Nutrition</strong> <strong>Interventions</strong> <strong>for</strong> Congenital Heart Disease<br />

Table 18-1: CongeniTal CardiaC anomalies<br />

Defect Description Symptoms Treatment Growth/Developmental<br />

Implications<br />

See specfic anomaly below. Tend to be more severely growth<br />

retarded overall; generally<br />

work <strong>with</strong>in their internal limits<br />

of oxygen availability; more<br />

developmental delays compared<br />

to children <strong>with</strong> acyanotic defects<br />

R to L shunts See specfic anomaly<br />

below.<br />

Cyanotic/<br />

Hypoxic<br />

Cyanosis; dyspnea Primary repair Moderate growth failure, especially<br />

<strong>with</strong> regards to weight<br />

R ventricular<br />

outflow obstruction;<br />

ventricular septal<br />

defect (VSD);<br />

narrowed pulmonary<br />

valve; thickened<br />

R ventricular wall;<br />

displaced aorta<br />

Tetralogy of<br />

Fallot<br />

Arterial switch Growth retardation in 30-50% of<br />

patients.<br />

Cardiomegaly;<br />

cyanosis<br />

Two parallel and<br />

separate circulatory<br />

systems exist, one<br />

pulmonary and one<br />

systemic<br />

Transposition<br />

of the Great<br />

Arteries (TGA)<br />

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Poor feeding and growth<br />

Systemic to pulmonary shunt; may<br />

also have a pulmonary valvulotomy<br />

or pulmonary outflow patch (later in<br />

childhood)<br />

Murmur; CHF; not<br />

compatible <strong>with</strong><br />

life unless there<br />

is an inter-atrial<br />

communication and<br />

pathway <strong>for</strong> entry of<br />

blood into pulmonary<br />

circulation (ie, patent<br />

ductus arteriosus<br />

(PDA)<br />

Complete obstruction<br />

of pulmonary artery<br />

resulting in total<br />

diversion of blood from<br />

R ventricle to aorta<br />

Pulmonary<br />

Atresia

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