Acute gastroenteritis: effect on nutritional status.
Anthropometric measurements were performed on admission and at four weeks post discharge on 25 adults referred to hospital with acute gastroenteritis. There was a significant change in weight (P < 0.001) and mid-arm circumference (P < 0.05), but no change in skinfold thickness, arm muscle area or arm fat area. The results suggest that weight change during acute gastroenteritis is more a consequence of dehydration than of malnutrition.
Cunningham
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Regional Infectious Disease Unit, Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool.
Parry
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Harries
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Beeching
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011446:Prospective Studies