title: Acute gastroenteritis: effect on nutritional status.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Regional Infectious Disease Unit, Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cunningham
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Parry
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Harries
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Beeching
mesh_terms: 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