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Feeding the Infant with Congenital Heart Disease

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Learning Objectives:

1.identify three common feeding problems observed in infants with congenital heart disease.

2. describe at least three medical considerations that directly impact feeding in infants with congenital heart disease.

3. describe at least two feeding strategies utilized in therapy to enhance oral feeding skills for infants with congenital heart disease.

References & Resources:

Arvedson J.C. & Brodsky L. (2002). Pediatric swallowing and feeding: Assessment and management (2nd ed.). Albany, NY: Singular Publishing Group.

Hehir D.A., Easley R.B., & Byrnes J. (2016). Noncardiac Challenges in the Cardiac ICU: Feeding, Growth and Gastrointestinal Complications, Anticoagulation, and Analgesia. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. 7(2), pp. 199-209.

Jadcherla, S.R., Vijayapal A.S., & Leuthner S. (2009). Feeding abilities in neonates with

congenital heart disease: a retrospective study. Journal of Perinatology. 29(2), pp. 112-8.

Jones, C. E., Desai, H., Fogel, J. L., Negrin, K. A., Torzone, A., Willette, S., Fridgen, J. L., Doody, L. R., Morris, K., Engstler, K., Slater, N. L., Medoff-Cooper, B., Smith, J., Harris, B. D., & Butler, S. C. (2021). Disruptions in the development of feeding for infants with congenital heart disease. Cardiology in the Young, 31(4), 589–596.

Narawane, A., Rappazzo, C., Hawney, J., Clason, H., Roddy, D. J., & Ongkasuwan, J. (2022).

Vocal fold movement and silent aspiration after congenital heart surgery. The Laryngoscope, 132(3), 701–705. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.29817

Raulston JEB, Smood B, Moellinger A, Heinemann A, Smith N, Borasino S, Law MA, & Alten JA. (2019). Aspiration After Congenital Heart Surgery. Pediatric Cardiology. 2019. 40(6), pp. 1296-1303.