A lactose-fre3, medium-chain triglyceride (MCD)-caein formula (Lactose-Free Portagen) was used with success inthe management of four children with kwashiorkor and three infants with persistent hypoalbuminemia, two of whom had associated Infec­ tons. Asecond formula (Pregestimil), based on acasein hydrolysate and MCTs, witi' iextrose as the major carbohydrate, was used successfully Infive infant...

Soya bean formulae have, for some time, received considerable attention as substitutes for human and cows' milk in infant feeding (Dean, 1953), but relatively little is known about the value of soya as a substitute for cows' milk in the treatment of acute kwashiorkor. Dean (1952) found that the progress of children with uncomplicated kwashiorkor on a locally prepared soya banana mixture was sim...

Settings and participants. Researchers enrolled children with uncomplicated cases of SAM at 18 feeding clinics in rural Malawi. Children presenting to the clinics were measured for weight, height, and mid-upper arm circumference. Eligible patients were 6 to 59 months of age presenting with kwashiorkor (edema), marasmus (weightfor-height z score of less than –3), or both (marasmic kwashiorkor) a...

The uronic acid containing glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) were isolated from the brains of 1-year-old and 4-year-old kwashiorkor children and characterised by constituent analyses. A marked reduction is the total GAG concentration of brain was noticed in both cases of kwashiorkor. In the 1-year-old kwashiorkor brain, hyaluronic acid is the most predominant GAG (73.5 per cent) whereas heparan sulphat...

It is now generally recognized that the high incidence of kwashiorkor in children in India and certain other Asian countries, in Africa and in Latin America is the result of severe deficiency of protein in the diet (Trowell, Davies & Dean, 1954; Autret & BChar, 1954; Gopalan & Ramalingaswami, 1955; Brock & Autret, 1952). The diets consumed by children in these countries consist predominantly of...

Diarrhoea was a common problem in the kwashiorkor seen in Kampala, contributing to the mortality and delay in recovery. Enteric infection was found in only a few children (8%), but when present it caused particularly severe diarrhoea and was frequently complicated by septicaemia.Sugar intolerance often occurred to lactose and other sugars, both monosaccharide and disaccharide. The children were...

Kwashiorkor is known to be associated with low plasma proteins (Edozien, 1960) and low serum ironbinding capacity (Edozien and Udeozo, 1960). Unpublished observations of Neale and Soothill (1958) confirmed that the iron-binding capacity was down to about one-third of a normal level, but showed that the siderophilin (syn. transferrin) was much more profoundly depressed-down to 6 mg./ 100 ml., co...