Nutritional and growth profile of infants with acute diarrhea presenting to diarrhea training unit in Kerman No.1 Hospital

Diarrhea and malnutrition are important health problems in human societies, especially in developing countries, leading to a huge number of deaths annually. Numerous studies have death with the relationship between malnutrition as a predisposing factor and acute diarrhea, but they have yielded confl...

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Main Authors: M.H.Torabi – Nezhad (M.D), A.A.Vahidi (M.D), A.Raiszadeh (M.D)
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Published: Golestan University of Medical Sciences 2000-03-01
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Online Access:http://goums.ac.ir/journal/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-246&slc_lang=en&sid=1
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spelling doaj-9dfe70bd99b2428b91c46041cdb3dc0e2020-11-25T02:00:59ZfasGolestan University of Medical Sciences مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان1562-47652008-40802000-03-01214146Nutritional and growth profile of infants with acute diarrhea presenting to diarrhea training unit in Kerman No.1 HospitalM.H.Torabi – Nezhad (M.D)0A.A.Vahidi (M.D)1A.Raiszadeh (M.D)2 Diarrhea and malnutrition are important health problems in human societies, especially in developing countries, leading to a huge number of deaths annually. Numerous studies have death with the relationship between malnutrition as a predisposing factor and acute diarrhea, but they have yielded conflicted results. In a cross-sectional controlled study, we examined 398 infants 1-24 month-old referred to the diarrhea-training unit (DTU) of hospital. After treating dehydration, height, weight were measured and compared with an age-matched control group. In cases with acute diarrhea, 3.2% had severe, 14.8% had moderate, 48.8% had light malnutrition, 33.2% had no malnutrition according to Gomez scale. In the control group, the percentage of subjects with severe, moderate, light, and with out malnutrition were 0.5%, 2.2%, 32.4%, and 64.8%, respectively. Average weight for age and weight for height scores were significantly lower in cases with acute diarrhea than in control subjects. However, average for age score was not statistically different in the 2 groups. Patients with acute diarrhea suffered a higher prevalence of malnutrition compared with those from the control group. There was not statistically significant relationship between growth indices and socioeconomic class of the family. A lower percentage of infants with acute diarrhea compared with control group enjoyed breast-feeding as the primary feeding routine. The period of breast-feeding was shorter in infants with acute diarrhea. Nevertheless, breast-feeding neither have significant effects on malnutrition nor on weight and height growth indices. Overall, we concluded that malnutrition and decreased weight growth index might be important predisposing factors for acute diarrhea. Early diagnosis and treatment of malnutrition (Especially moderate and light degrees) are very important measures to be taken in order to decrease diarrhea and its complications.http://goums.ac.ir/journal/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-246&slc_lang=en&sid=1DiarrheaMalnutritionBreast-feedingEconomic class
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author M.H.Torabi – Nezhad (M.D)
A.A.Vahidi (M.D)
A.Raiszadeh (M.D)
spellingShingle M.H.Torabi – Nezhad (M.D)
A.A.Vahidi (M.D)
A.Raiszadeh (M.D)
Nutritional and growth profile of infants with acute diarrhea presenting to diarrhea training unit in Kerman No.1 Hospital
مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان
Diarrhea
Malnutrition
Breast-feeding
Economic class
author_facet M.H.Torabi – Nezhad (M.D)
A.A.Vahidi (M.D)
A.Raiszadeh (M.D)
author_sort M.H.Torabi – Nezhad (M.D)
title Nutritional and growth profile of infants with acute diarrhea presenting to diarrhea training unit in Kerman No.1 Hospital
title_short Nutritional and growth profile of infants with acute diarrhea presenting to diarrhea training unit in Kerman No.1 Hospital
title_full Nutritional and growth profile of infants with acute diarrhea presenting to diarrhea training unit in Kerman No.1 Hospital
title_fullStr Nutritional and growth profile of infants with acute diarrhea presenting to diarrhea training unit in Kerman No.1 Hospital
title_full_unstemmed Nutritional and growth profile of infants with acute diarrhea presenting to diarrhea training unit in Kerman No.1 Hospital
title_sort nutritional and growth profile of infants with acute diarrhea presenting to diarrhea training unit in kerman no.1 hospital
publisher Golestan University of Medical Sciences
series مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی گرگان
issn 1562-4765
2008-4080
publishDate 2000-03-01
description Diarrhea and malnutrition are important health problems in human societies, especially in developing countries, leading to a huge number of deaths annually. Numerous studies have death with the relationship between malnutrition as a predisposing factor and acute diarrhea, but they have yielded conflicted results. In a cross-sectional controlled study, we examined 398 infants 1-24 month-old referred to the diarrhea-training unit (DTU) of hospital. After treating dehydration, height, weight were measured and compared with an age-matched control group. In cases with acute diarrhea, 3.2% had severe, 14.8% had moderate, 48.8% had light malnutrition, 33.2% had no malnutrition according to Gomez scale. In the control group, the percentage of subjects with severe, moderate, light, and with out malnutrition were 0.5%, 2.2%, 32.4%, and 64.8%, respectively. Average weight for age and weight for height scores were significantly lower in cases with acute diarrhea than in control subjects. However, average for age score was not statistically different in the 2 groups. Patients with acute diarrhea suffered a higher prevalence of malnutrition compared with those from the control group. There was not statistically significant relationship between growth indices and socioeconomic class of the family. A lower percentage of infants with acute diarrhea compared with control group enjoyed breast-feeding as the primary feeding routine. The period of breast-feeding was shorter in infants with acute diarrhea. Nevertheless, breast-feeding neither have significant effects on malnutrition nor on weight and height growth indices. Overall, we concluded that malnutrition and decreased weight growth index might be important predisposing factors for acute diarrhea. Early diagnosis and treatment of malnutrition (Especially moderate and light degrees) are very important measures to be taken in order to decrease diarrhea and its complications.
topic Diarrhea
Malnutrition
Breast-feeding
Economic class
url http://goums.ac.ir/journal/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-246&slc_lang=en&sid=1
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