title: [Postoperative T cell suppression in relation to preoperative nutritional status in childhood].
abstract: The influence of moderate malnutrition on the cellular immunity was studied in 59 operated infants and children aged 1 day to 14 years. Except during the neonatal period the number of blood T-cells preoperatively and the degree of the postoperative T-cell suppression did not show a significant difference between children suffering from moderate malnutrition (weight for age less than or equal to 10 percent, less than or equal to 90% of the normal median weight) and the control group. However some datas indicate that even borderline malnutrition impairs the cellular immune-status.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000276:immunology*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
vernacular_title: Postoperative T-Zell-Suppression in Abhängigkeit vom präoperativen Ernährungszustand im Kindesalter.