1. Lower weight-for-age z score adversely affects hospital length of stay after the bidirectional Glenn procedure in 100 infants with a single ventricle 
Jeffrey B. Anderson, MD, MPH, Robert H. Beekman, MD, William L. Border, MBChB, MPH, Heidi J. Kalkwarf, PhD, Philip R. Khoury, MS, Karen Uzark, PhD, Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD, Bradley S. Marino, MD, MPP, MSCE 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 138, Issue 2, Pages e1 (August 2009)
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2. Figure 1
Weight-for-age z scores at birth and at the time of the bidirectional Glenn (BDG) procedure are shown. There was a significant trend toward the lower end of the growth curve over time.
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3. Daily weight gain (in grams per day) for individual patients between birth and BDG is shown. The dotted line indicates the recommended weight gain per day according to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth curves. BDG, Bidirectional Glenn procedure.
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4. Feeding modality at neonatal discharge versus feeding modality at the time of the bidirectional Glenn (BDG) procedure.
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