Preoperative Malnutrition Increases Risk of In-Hospital Mortality, Major Infection, and Longer Intensive Care Unit Stay After Ventricular Septal Defect Closure.

Moderate wasting was associated with 1.98 (95% CI, 0.79–4.98) times higher odds of in‐hospital mortality compared with children without wasting, although this failed to reach statistical significance ( P =0.14).

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In adjusted models, severe wasting (OR, 1.64 [95% CI, 0.83–3.25]; P =0.16) and moderate wasting (OR, 1.35 [95% CI, 0.81–2.24]; P =0.25) showed a trend toward increased major infection but did not reach statistical significance.

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