TY - JOUR T1 - Faltering growth is an important finding in infants and children with congenital heart disease JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs DO - 10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103524 SP - ebnurs-2022-103524 AU - Rebecca Hill Y1 - 2022/07/13 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/early/2022/07/28/ebnurs-2022-103524.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Diao J, Chen L, Wei J, et al. Prevalence of malnutrition in children with congenital heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pediatr. 2022 Mar;242:39-47.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.10.065.Faltering growth is a phenomenon associated with congenital heart disease (CHD).Associated adverse physiological and developmental outcomes require further investigationCHD is the most common birth defect affecting approximately 0.8% of live births, with many requiring surgical intervention early in infancy.1 Despite medical advances faltering growth remains common in these children, although catch-up growth following surgical correction has been demonstrated.2 Malnutrition is defined by z-scores less than −2 SDs from the mean for weight-for-age (WAZ); weight-for-length (WHZ) and length-for-age (HAZ).3 This systematic review by Diao et al4 evaluates the worldwide prevalence of malnutrition in children with CHD. … ER -