Abnormal nutrition affects waitlist mortality in infants awaiting heart transplant
Conclusions: Moderate or severe wasting and an elevated W:H are independent risk factors for waitlist mortality in patients aged < 2 years but do not affect post-HTx mortality. Optimization of pre-HTx nutritional status constitutes a strategy to reduce waitlist mortality in this age range.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Justin Godown, Joshua M. Friedland-Little, Robert J. Gajarski, Sunkyung Yu, Janet E. Donohue, Kurt R. Schumacher Tags: Featured Articles Source Type: research
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