Low breath hydrogen production in post-diarrheic infants.
Thirty hospitalized infants, aged 1 month to 15 months, who were more than 24 hours into a post-recovery period from diarrheic episodes were studied for breath hydrogen production due to intestinal lactulose fermentation. Only 16% of the infants demonstrated hydrogen production of greater than 20 parts per million (ppm) over the baseline. We conclude that a recovery period much longer than 24 hours from the last diarrheic episode is necessary to obtain any reliable data from breath hydrogen tests administered to infants.
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Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Medical School, New Orleans.
Rosenberg
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D001944:Breath Tests; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006801:Humans; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000032:analysis*; D007223:Infant; D007787:Lactose Intolerance / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*
D006859:Hydrogen