Article: Postnatal growth in Southern Chinese children with symptomatic congenital heart disease

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TitlePostnatal growth in Southern Chinese children with symptomatic congenital heart disease
AuthorsJacobs, EGJ1
Leung, MP1
Karlberg, JP1
KeywordsCongenital heart disease
Ethnicity
Gender differences
Growth retardation
Haemodynamic disturbances
Nutritional influences
Surgical intervention
Issue Date2000
PublisherFreund Publishing House, Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.freundpublishing.com/Journal_Pediatric_Endocrinology_Metabolism/JPEMprev.htm
CitationJournal Of Pediatric Endocrinology And Metabolism, 2000, v. 13 n. 4, p. 387-401 [How to Cite?]
AbstractMany Western children with congenital heart disease (CHD) show significant growth retardation. In this study postnatal growth was examined in Chinese children with symptomatic CHD in Hong Kong, in relation to their diagnosis and the time of surgery. 363 children of four years old or younger, who were admitted at Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong, in 1994 and 1995, were subdivided into six diagnostic categories and categorised into cyanotic and acyanotic groups. While a reduced birth weight SDS was present in 18% of patients, at the time of operation approximately 40% of them had subnormal weight and height values. Girls were more impaired in weight and weight-for- height than boys (-1.90 SDS vs -1.52 SDS, and -0.90 SDS vs -0.46 SDS, respectively). Children with acyanotic lesions were more affected in growth than those with cyanotic lesions, but they were also operated on at an older age than children in the latter group. Left to right shunt and common intracardiac mixing were particularly associated with wasting; transposition of the great arteries and pulmonary outflow tract obstruction with stunting; while children with left ventricular outflow obstruction revealed a proportional growth retardation in weight and height. Age at operation did not seem to have an independent effect on postnatal growth in children with CHD. As with Western children, growth retardation is a common feature in Chinese children with symptomatic cardiac defects. Haemodynamics, age at operation and nutritional influences are discussed as potential aetiologic factors.
ISSN0334-018X
2011 Impact Factor: 0.875
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.069
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000086402500006
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dc.contributor.authorJacobs, EGJ
dc.contributor.authorLeung, MP
dc.contributor.authorKarlberg, JP
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T08:03:03Z
dc.date.available2010-09-06T08:03:03Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.description.abstractMany Western children with congenital heart disease (CHD) show significant growth retardation. In this study postnatal growth was examined in Chinese children with symptomatic CHD in Hong Kong, in relation to their diagnosis and the time of surgery. 363 children of four years old or younger, who were admitted at Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong, in 1994 and 1995, were subdivided into six diagnostic categories and categorised into cyanotic and acyanotic groups. While a reduced birth weight SDS was present in 18% of patients, at the time of operation approximately 40% of them had subnormal weight and height values. Girls were more impaired in weight and weight-for- height than boys (-1.90 SDS vs -1.52 SDS, and -0.90 SDS vs -0.46 SDS, respectively). Children with acyanotic lesions were more affected in growth than those with cyanotic lesions, but they were also operated on at an older age than children in the latter group. Left to right shunt and common intracardiac mixing were particularly associated with wasting; transposition of the great arteries and pulmonary outflow tract obstruction with stunting; while children with left ventricular outflow obstruction revealed a proportional growth retardation in weight and height. Age at operation did not seem to have an independent effect on postnatal growth in children with CHD. As with Western children, growth retardation is a common feature in Chinese children with symptomatic cardiac defects. Haemodynamics, age at operation and nutritional influences are discussed as potential aetiologic factors.
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dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Pediatric Endocrinology And Metabolism, 2000, v. 13 n. 4, p. 387-401 [How to Cite?]
dc.identifier.epage401
dc.identifier.hkuros54399
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000086402500006
dc.identifier.issn0334-018X
2011 Impact Factor: 0.875
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.069
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.openurl
dc.identifier.pmid10776993
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-0034038439
dc.identifier.spage387
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/80156
dc.identifier.volume13
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFreund Publishing House, Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.freundpublishing.com/Journal_Pediatric_Endocrinology_Metabolism/JPEMprev.htm
dc.publisher.placeIsrael
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.subjectCongenital heart disease
dc.subjectEthnicity
dc.subjectGender differences
dc.subjectGrowth retardation
dc.subjectHaemodynamic disturbances
dc.subjectNutritional influences
dc.subjectSurgical intervention
dc.titlePostnatal growth in Southern Chinese children with symptomatic congenital heart disease
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong