Management of Malnourished Children with Acute Diarrhoea and Sugar Intolerance

A protocol of nutritional rehabilitation using fermented milk, vegetable oil and caster sugar has been tested on 54 Senegalese children, aged 6–36 months, admitted with acute diarrhoea and malnutrition. At the time of admission, 39 per cent of children were dehydrated and 26 per cent had sugar intol...

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Published in:Journal of tropical pediatrics (1980) 1990-04, Vol.36 (2), p.86-89
Main Authors: Beau, J. P., Fontaine, O., Garenne, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Deficiency Diseases - diet therapy
Diarrhea - diet therapy
Diarrhea - therapy
Female
Fluid Therapy
Humans
Infant
Lactose Intolerance - complications
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...)
Tropical medicine
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Summary:A protocol of nutritional rehabilitation using fermented milk, vegetable oil and caster sugar has been tested on 54 Senegalese children, aged 6–36 months, admitted with acute diarrhoea and malnutrition. At the time of admission, 39 per cent of children were dehydrated and 26 per cent had sugar intolerance. In the course of treatment three went home against medical advice and one died from acute pneumonia with respiratory-heart failure. Among the cases of marasmus there were no differences in mean weight gain between children with sugar intolerance and others despite a longer duration of diarrhoea in the first group. Furthermore, the experimental protocol has never been compromised because of worsening diarrhoea or weight loss. These results indicate that a formula based on fermented milk together with oral rehydration can be used to treat malnourished children with acute diarrhoea and sugar intolerance
ISSN:0142-6338
1465-3664
DOI:10.1093/tropej/36.2.86