Serum magnesium levels were measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry in 46 malnourished and 12 healthy children, aged 3 months to 5 years. The nutritional status of children was classified in relation to weight for age and height for age using the Indian Academy of Pediatrics and the Waterlow classifications, respectively. NCHS data were used for the purposes of comparison. Serum magnesi...

OBJECTIVE to identify the incidence and describe the associated factors for pressure ulcers in critically ill patients. METHOD this was a prospective cohort study with 77 patients, using a clinical, metabolic assessment and the associated factors for pressure ulcer, applying the risk scales (Braden and Waterlow) and assigning ulcers to categories. RESULTS an incidence of 22% (95% CI 12.6 - ...

Malnutrition is an important risk factor for acute respiratory infection (ARI), which is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity among children aged < 5 years. This case-control study aimed to determine the relationship between nutritional status and ARI among young children aged < 5 years attending a teaching hospital in Erbil, Iraq. Children admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of ARI ove...

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OBJECTIVE To assess the severity of protein energy malnutrition (PEM) in iodine deficient subjects and to assess the impact of PEM on thyroid size. METHODS 1002 subjects (530 school-aged children and 472 adults) were assessed for PEM by direct anthropometric measurements of height, weight, triceps skinfold (TSF) thickness, mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) and thigh circumference (TC), and d...

The syndrome of severe protein malnutrition in infants, complicated as it frequently is by refractory vomiting or frank gastro-enteritis, presents gross electrolyte disturbances. Most notable of these is potassium depletion and an accumulation of sodium (Hansen, 1956; Frenk, Metcoff, Gomez, Ramos-Galvan, Cravioto and Antonowicz, 1957; Waterlow and Mendes, 1957). In addition, magnesium deficienc...

Tscherne, J. S., Weinstein, I. B., Lanks, K. W., Gersten, N. B. & Cantor, C. R. (1973) Biochemistry 12,3859-3865 vanVenrooij, W. J., Poort, C., Kramer, M. F. & Jansen, M. T. (1972) Eur. J. Biochem. 30, 427-433 vanVenrooij, W. J., Kuijper-Lenstra, A. H. & Kramer, M. F. (1973) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 312, 392-398 Vennegoor, C., Stols, A. & Bloemendal, H. (1972) J. Mol. Biol. 65, 375-378 Waterlow, ...

Although the literature of kwashiorkor is now reaching large dimensions, few studies of the serum chemistry have so far appeared. The published results are difficult to summarize. There has been up to now no general agreement on diagnostic criteria, and the name kwashiorkor or one of its synonyms has undoubtedly been applied to diverse conditions arising from various causes in different parts o...

The protein-energy malnutrition classification schemes of Waterlow and McLaren, although similar in other respects, assess the weight-for-height of children in quite different ways. The drawbacks of their two methods are described, and an alternative method is presented which overcomes them. The new index is called weight/height2-for-age, and consists of the ratio weight/height2 expressed as a ...