This study sought to assess the effect of giardiasis on growth of young children. In Salvador, northeast Brazil, 597 children initially aged 6 to 45 months were followed for a year in 1998/9, measured anthropometrically thrice, every 6 months, and monitored for diarrhoea prevalence twice weekly. Stool samples were collected and examined during the second round of anthropometry, and infected chi...

Specialized nutrition support (SNS) is required when oral intake either limited or not possible for a prolonged period of time. Common indications SNS include patients in critical care, those with dysphagia, unconscious who cannot be fed, severely malnourished patients, and intestinal malabsorption. The two forms are enteral parenteral nutrition. Enteral feeding always preferred whenever possib...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D deficiency has been proposed to contribute to the development of malabsorption diseases. Despite this, the vitamin D status of these patients is often neglected. The objective of the present work was to compare the absorption of vitamin D3 through the oral route by comparing a 1000 IU soft gelatin capsule and a 500 IU buccal spray (delivering 1000 IU in two spray shots) in ...

The objective: a determination of the spread somatic pathology and polymorphism MSM6 gene in development chronic recurrent vulvovaginitis girls. Materials methods. study involved 54 girls 1–6 years old. Inclusion criteria: complaints patients on itching or pain genital area, dysuria, presence synechiae vulva, clinical manifestations vulvitis during visual examination. General laboratory diagnos...

Abstract. Recent data on the role of digestive pathology in progression chronic kidney disease (CKD) remain scarce. Calcium homeostasis plays an important renal pathology, especially patients with malabsorption syndrome (MAS).
 The research aimed to evaluate calcium CKD MAS.
 Methods. In this cross-sectional observational study, 99 MAS were enrolled. divided into 4 groups according st...

PURPOSE To report the occurrence of xerophthalmia and keratomalacia in a patient with Alagille syndrome. METHODS The patient's record and relevant literature were reviewed. RESULTS A 3-year-old boy with Alagille syndrome was examined at our institution due to severe bilateral ocular irritation. A corneal ulcer and keratomalacia were found in the right eye and severe dryness with corneal opa...