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3. Clinical Aspects of Protein Malnutrition

Author

Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Fernando E. Viteri, Moisés Béhar, and Guillermo Arroyave

Subjects
Pediatrics, medicine.medical_specialty, Malnutrition, Protein malnutrition, Multiple factors, business.industry, Mortality rate, Western europe, medicine, Kwashiorkor, Breast milk, medicine.disease, business
Abstract

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the clinical aspects of protein malnutrition. Protein malnutrition tends to be manifest primarily in young children and is a major factor in the high mortality rate of children in the 1–4 year age group, which in technically underdeveloped areas is 20 to 60 times greater than in the United States and Western Europe. Most of the excessive mortality of preschool children characterizing these areas is because of the interaction between protein malnutrition and infection. Very young children are less likely to suffer from protein deficiency because of the probability that they can be receiving breast milk when the parents cannot afford other food sources or cannot use them properly. The multiple factors responsible for protein malnutrition can be conveniently classified as those relating to the agent, the host, and the environment. A large majority of the preschool children in the areas where the acute protein malnutrition of kwashiorkor is prevalent go through a period of chronic protein deficiency.

Published
1964
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4. Hematological Changes in Protein Calorie Malnutrition

Author

Raymond P. Wood, Jorge Alvarado, Fernando E. Viteri, and David G. Luthringer

Subjects
Gerontology, Anemia, business.industry, Physiology, Protein-calorie malnutrition, Disease, medicine.disease, Pallor, medicine, Severe protein calorie malnutrition, Lean body mass, Experimental work, medicine.symptom, skin and connective tissue diseases, business, Nutritional deficiency
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Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the clinical description of the anemia of protein calorie malnutrition (PCM). PCM of various degrees is the most prevalent disease of nutritional deficiency in the world. It affects primarily the young child, although older children and adults of both sexes are not spared. PCM remains one of the major killers in children even when treated in the hospital. Pallor and anemia are among the chief signs of PCM. The present understanding of the anemia of protein calorie malnutrition in children stems from clinical observation, human experimental work, and animal research. The hematological changes observed in children with severe protein calorie malnutrition are primarily an adaptation phenomenon to decrease lean body mass to which various deficiencies and disease states could add their own characteristic changes. The hematological alterations in protein calorie malnutrition must be viewed as a dynamic phenomenon of balance between body composition and the erythron.

Published
1969
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5. Red blood cell membrane fatty acid composition in infants fed formulas with different lipid profiles.

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Visentin S, Vicentin D, Magrini G, Santandreu F, Disalvo L, Sala M, Fasano V, and González HF

Subjects
Animals, Arachidonic Acid administration & dosage, Arachidonic Acid blood, Breast Feeding, Cattle, Dietary Fats administration & dosage, Docosahexaenoic Acids administration & dosage, Docosahexaenoic Acids blood, Double-Blind Method, Humans, Infant, Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Lipids administration & dosage, Milk chemistry, Milk, Human chemistry, Palmitic Acid blood, Plant Oils, Erythrocyte Membrane chemistry, Fatty Acids blood, Infant Formula chemistry, Lipids analysis
Abstract

Background: There is growing interest in the fatty acid composition of breast milk and substitute formulas used to replace or complement infant breastfeeding., Aim: The aims of this study were to assess the impact of two follow-up infant formulas based on cow milk fat, vegetable oils and different docosahexaenoic (DHA) and arachidonic (ARA) acid content on red blood cell membrane fatty acid composition, and determine the percent saturated fatty acid (SFA) incorporation into the membrane., Study Design: This was a double-blind, randomized, controlled, parallel-group clinical trial. Infants received treatment or control product for at least four months before the age of six months. The control group (n=25) received standard infant formula (FA) and the treatment group (n=24) received the same formula supplemented with higher DHA and ARA content (FB). The reference group (n=47) consisted of normal healthy exclusively breastfed infants., Outcome Measure: Red blood cell membrane fatty acid composition was determined by capillary gas chromatography., Results: Ninety-six infants completed the study (FA, 25; FB, 24; reference, 47). Higher DHA content reflected higher DHA percentage in the red blood cell membrane. Breast milk and FB did not show any significant differences in DHA content. ARA percentage was higher in breastfed infants and palmitic acid percentage was higher in FB- compared with FA-fed infants., Conclusion: DHA and palmitic acid percent distributions were higher in the red blood cell membrane of infants receiving FB. DHA percent distribution was not significantly different in FB-fed and breastfed infants. SFA percent distribution was not significantly different when comparing both formulas with breast milk., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.)

Published
2016
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6. Prenatal lead exposure and relationship with maternal exposure determinants in a public maternity hospital of La Plata, Argentina.

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Martins E, Varea A, Apezteguía M, González HF, Girardelli A, Caro LS, Lobisuto M, Delgado G, and Disalvo L

Subjects
Adult, Argentina epidemiology, Female, Hospitals, Maternity, Housing statistics & numerical data, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Lead Poisoning epidemiology, Male, Pregnancy, Environmental Pollutants blood, Lead blood, Maternal Exposure statistics & numerical data
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Prenatal lead exposure is a health hazard that may cause cognitive development impairments and other adverse effects in children. We conducted a cross sectional study analyzing cord blood lead levels (CBLL) of newborns and their relationship with maternal determinants of lead exposure. Mothers answered a questionnaire about socio-demographic, lifestyle habits and environmental characteristics. We used Mann-Whitney's test to compare CBLL geometrical means (GM) corresponding to the presence or absence of each lead exposure determinant, and Chi square test to study the relationship between CBLL and maternal lead exposure determinants. A total of 159 newborns participated in the study. CBLL GM was 2.1 μg/dL; and 25% of the participants had a measurable CBLL (LOQ=3.3 μg/dl). Although the participants had several determinants of lead exposure, we only found a significant relationship with inside household determinants, such as presence of lead piping (p=0.026), unplastered walls (p=0.046) and peeling paint (p=0.048). Our results show that CBLL GM was similar to that reported in several studies conducted around the world. However, 25% of the participants might have some degree of risk for lead poisoning., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

Published
2014
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