Co-existence of micronutrient deficiencies in hospitalized children with severe malnutrition treated according to the WHO protocol.

Abstract

We assessed the involvement of vitamin A deficiency (VAD) and anaemia as co-morbidities associated with severe forms of protein-energy malnutrition in hospitalized children. In a descriptive case series study of 57 children, one clinical case of xerophthalmia was diagnosed: 44.0% had levels of serum retinol <20 µg/dL and 88.0% had Hb <11 g/dL, of whom 30.0% had haemoglobin levels below 7.0 g/dL.

• Authors: Maria de Fátima Costa Caminha, Manoela Almeida Santos da Figueira, Ana Rodrigues Falbo, Roberta Corrêa de Araújo de Amorim, Thomaz Caminha Gallindo, Malaquias Batista Filho
• Journal: Tropical doctor (Trop Doct) Vol. 41 Issue 4 Pg. 230-2 (Oct 2011) ISSN: 1758-1133 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 21878443 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Hemoglobins
• Micronutrients

Topics

• Anemia, Iron-Deficiency (blood, diagnosis, epidemiology)
• Child Nutrition Disorders (blood, complications, diagnosis, epidemiology)
• Child, Preschool
• Comorbidity
• Hemoglobins (analysis)
• Hospitalization
• Humans
• Infant
• Micronutrients (blood, deficiency)
• Nutritional Status
• Protein-Energy Malnutrition (blood, complications, drug therapy, epidemiology)
• Severity of Illness Index
• Vitamin A Deficiency (blood, diagnosis, epidemiology)
• World Health Organization
• Xerophthalmia (epidemiology)