Chronic diarrhea is defined as passing watery stools that lasts for more than 2 weeks. Persistent diarrhea belongs to chronic diarrhea and is a chronic episode of diarrhea of infectious etiology. The etiology of chronic diarrhea is varied. It is important to consider the child's age and clinical manifestations with alarm signals for an application of proper treatments to children with chronic d...

Community-acquired alveolar pneumonia (CAAP) is typically associated with bacterial infections and is especially prevalent in vulnerable populations worldwide. The authors studied nutritional status and diarrheal history as risk factors for CAAP in Bedouin children <5 years of age living in Israel. In this prospective case-control study (2001-2002), 334 children with radiographically confirmed ...

the coccyx or sacrum. Frequent bouts of diarrhea make it difficult to care for these ulcers and healing is often impeded. Can you provide guidelines on managing diarrhea? A: Diarrhea is characterized by frequent loose or liquid stool. If stool contaminates a pressure ulcer, treating and healing the wound may be more difficult. Prompt and effective treatment of diarrhea involves a multidisciplin...

BACKGROUND Diarrheal disease remains a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in Africa, but host defense against intestinal infection is poorly understood and may depend on nutritional status. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that defense against intestinal infection depends on micronutrient status, we undertook a randomized controlled trial of multiple micronutrient supplementation in...

INTRODUCTION Nutritional support generates complications that must be detected and treated on time. OBJECTIVE To estimate the incidence of some complications of nutritional support in patients admitted to general hospital wards who received nutritional support in six high-complexity institutions. METHODS Prospective, descriptive and multicentric study in patients with nutritional support; t...

Chronic diarrhea is a complex symptom. The clinical approach and management should be based on pathophysiologic considerations and stepwise laboratory investigations. In infants with severe malnutrition, nutritional support is a priority in the management of this condition.

INTRODUCTION Quality indicators in nutritional therapy (QINTs) allow for the practical assessment of quality in the management of enteral nutrition therapy (ENT) among hospitalized patients. OBJECTIVE To control ENT quality in cancer patients at nutritional risk. METHODS A prospective, observational study was performed with cancer patients over 19 years of age who had undergone exclusive EN...

INTRODUCTION Acute diarrhea, in the industrialized world, is usually self-limited, infectious in nature, and rarely requires biopsy evaluation. Chronic diarrhea can cause failure to thrive, frequently results in intestinal biopsy and may require parenteral nutrition and other forms of therapy. Protracted diarrhea has replaced the older term “intractable diarrhea” in the GI literature and denote...

Rationale: Enteral feeding (EF) is recommended to enhance nutritional status after esophagectomy; however, diarrhea a common complication of EF. We investigated the clinical and prognostic impact during EF esophagectomy.

Acute infectious diarrhea with dehydration is among the two main causes of infantile morbidity and mortality in less developed countries. The complex etiology of childhood diarrhea and its close relationship with environmental conditions and nutritional status must be stressed in designing and evaluating possible treatments. In the present chapter, we attempt to express some of our thoughts and...