Define Nutritional and metabolic factors that contribute to the malnutrition of CHD?
Nutritional and metabolic factors that contribute to the malnutrition of CHD infant are elevated BMR, unable to coordinate to suck, swallow and laborious breathing/ sucking, delayed gastric emptying and impaired gastrointestinal motility, decreased gastric capacity - leading to early satiety, thus compromised energy and protein intake. Hence, the intake is below the requirement and is different from normal.