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MALABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS IN CHILDREN WITH DIARRHOEA DUE TO UNKNOWN AETIOLOGIES

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Title: MALABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS IN CHILDREN WITH DIARRHOEA DUE TO UNKNOWN AETIOLOGIES

Authors: Ayesha Molla , Abdul Majid Molla , Makhduma Khatun , Mohammad Khurshid 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1993

Volume: 43

Issue: 3

Language: English

Categories
Malabsorption (3) Nutrient Deficiencies (2) Diarrhea (37) Gastroenterology (8625) Pediatrics (13616)

Abstract

ABSTRACT


Intake and coefficient of absorption of nutrients wefe measured in 72 children dufing acute diarrhoea and 2 weeks after fecovery. No diarrhooeal pathogens could be identified in 18 (25%) childfen (group I). Aetiology of diafrhoea was identified in fest of the 54 children (group II). Absofption of oalofie, fat and cafbohydrate during the recovery stage were similaf in all 72 children, In group I, absorption of nutrients improved from acute stage to recovery stage as follows: fat from 62 to 85%, calofies from 68 to 86% and carbohydrate from 81 to 91%. Absorption of nitrogen during the acute stage was significantly lower (P

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