Prova de absorção de gordura em crianças.
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To overcome the difficulties observed with fecal fat estimations, we studied fat absorption in 4 m to 12 years old children, assessing increments of serum triglycerides after administration of corn oil. Eighteen well-nourished children without gastrointestinal symptoms or parasites, 31 children with protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM), with or without protracted diarrhea and/or intestinal parasites and nine children with specific malabsorptive entities were studied. Serum triglycerides (TG) were measured before, 2 and 4 hours after the administration of 2 g/kg of corn oil per os. For control infants below 2 years no significant differences between the fasting level and those after 2 and 4 hours were observed. For children above this age significant absorption occurred by 2 hours but more intensively after 4 hours, an increment of TG above 35 mg% being considered normal. A good discrimination between TG increments of controls and malabsorptive children over 2 years was observed. In conclusion, the oral fat loading test, is applicable for children over 2 year of age. For infants below this age other schedules should be tested.
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corn oil, diagnostic agent, fatty acid, triacylglycerol, blood, child, human, infant, intestine absorption, malabsorption, metabolism, preschool child, protein calorie malnutrition, Child, Child, Preschool, Corn Oil, English Abstract, Fatty Acids, Human, Infant, Intestinal Absorption, Malabsorption Syndromes, Protein-Energy Malnutrition, Triglycerides
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Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, v. 24, n. 2, p. 113-118, 1987.
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