title: [Adjuvant therapy with elemental diet in chronic inflammatory intestinal diseases. Comparative study].
abstract: 26 in-patients (17 with Crohn's disease, 9 with ulcerative colitis) were given high-molecular (diet 1; 12 patients) or low-molecular (diet 2; 14 patients) elemental diets (6.3-12.6 MJ) additional to drug treatment previously given as out-patients. The activity index fell on both diets (on diet 1 from 253 to 83; diet 2 from 259 to 86), stool frequency decreased (on diet 1 from 7.1 to 0.9 per day; diet 2 from 5.6 to 2.0 per day), as did blood sedimentation rate (diet 1 from 57/80 to 30/51 mm; diet 2 from 56/80 to 23/45 mm). Body-weight, total protein, albumin and red blood corpuscles were not changed significantly. There was no significant difference between the two diet groups. The results raise the question of whether low-molecular elemental diet enriches the treatment of chronic inflammatory disease.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rabast
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Heskamp
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000178:diet therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000178:diet therapy*; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D005526:Food, Formulated; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D012460:Sulfasalazine; D011239:Prednisolone
vernacular_title: Adjuvante Therapie mit Formeldiäten bei chronisch-entzündlichen Darmerkrankungen. Vergleichende Untersuchung.