[The action of HIV infection on the height-weight development of children infected postnatally].
The purpose of the recent research was to evaluate the influence of HIV infection on the weight-growth deficiency of nonmaternally infected children. The retrospective and prospective study was done on 141 children who died of AIDS in 1990-1997 (inclusive) in Colentina Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Bucharest. The mean of weight and growth deficiency in the total group was accordingly 50.7% and 20.4% with a statistically significant differences in organized children 54.3% and 21.3% in comparison with those of family 46.4% and 18.5%. The evaluation of the anthropometry data estimates a relationship of middle strength between weight and growth deficiency. The obtained data reveal the importance of nutrition and hygiene care factors in the degree of wasting syndrome and mortality-rate, especially in the first two years of life, and demonstrate the necessity of anthropometry measures of children in AIDS.
Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie, Bucureşti.
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012383:Romania / Q000453:epidemiology