Gastrointestinal Complications: Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Malrotation, Protein-Losing Enteropathy, and Nasogastric Tube Syndrome

This chapter addresses the gastrointestinal complications that can occur in pediatric cardiac intensive care unit. Gastrointestinal complications are not uncommon in the critically ill cardiac patients and are associated with prolong ICU stay and hospital length of stay as well as poor growth and development.