[Rational prescription if protein evaluation in the diagnosis and follow up of protein-energy malnutrition]

Dakar Med. 1992;37(1):57-62.
[Article in French]

Abstract

In our countries, a good prescription of analysis would help to reduce hospital costs without modifying the efficiency of the diagnosis approach. In this work, the authors establish a bond between medicos and biologists by a good indication of protein check-up in the diagnosis and follow up of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM). After a discriminant analysis of all the results of protein check-up, two groups of markers are individualized depending on whether the PEM is accompanied or not by inflammatory complications. Finally, they recommend a systematic prescription of the useful group in case of inflammation associated with PEM, because infectious and parasitic diseases are almost constant among our malnourished infants.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Anthropometry
  • Apolipoprotein A-I / analysis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Inflammation / etiology
  • Male
  • Prealbumin / analysis
  • Protein-Energy Malnutrition / blood
  • Protein-Energy Malnutrition / complications
  • Protein-Energy Malnutrition / diagnosis*
  • Senegal

Substances

  • Apolipoprotein A-I
  • Prealbumin