[The nutritional status in malabsorption syndrome following gastrointestinal operations].

Abstract

The nutritional status which includes selected biochemical, anthropometric and immunologic parameters was determined in 36 patients with malabsorption syndromes following gastrointestinal operations. The examinations revealed: Postoperative malabsorption syndromes often lead to considerable nutritional disturbances which cannot be sufficiently estimated by the sole determination of body mass. The nutritional status is a precious tool in judging deficiency symptoms, in instituting a targeted alimentary or substitutive therapy,and in evaluating the therapeutic accomplishment. Optimal long-time alimentary or substitutive therapy permits to achieve and maintain a good or sufficient nutritional status in patients with malabsorption syndromes even if the syndromes are due to extended gastrointestinal operations.

• Authors: K Vetter, H Gutschlag, G Schmoz, I Kaschube, W Lüder
• Journal: Die Nahrung (Nahrung) Vol. 28 Issue 4 Pg. 417-21 ( 1984) ISSN: 0027-769X [Print] Germany
• Vernacular Title: Ernährungsstatus bei Malabsorptionssyndrom nach gastrointestinalen Operationen.
• PMID: 6433202 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Female
• Gastrointestinal Diseases (surgery)
• Humans
• Kwashiorkor (metabolism)
• Lymphocytes (drug effects)
• Malabsorption Syndromes (metabolism)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
• Postoperative Complications (metabolism)
• Protein-Energy Malnutrition (metabolism)
• Skin Tests