ascorbic-acid and Gastroenteritis

Clinical evaluation and estimation of blood levels of vitamins A, E, C, B1, B2, B6 and of total carotenoids were carried out in 52 consecutive children admitted to the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney during the winter epidemic of diarrhoea. The children included 37 Europeans and 15 Aboriginals, who were previously apparently healthy. Of these, 19 Europeans and ten Abororigines were studied also after recovery. The anthropometric, clinical, microbiological and biochemical data for each child is presented. Vitamin treatment, duration of symptoms, severity of diarrhoea, stool microbiology and the role of secondary malabsorption as a main cause of the depressed plasma vitamin levels found is discussed.

Topics: Acute Disease; Ascorbic Acid; Avitaminosis; Carotenoids; Child, Preschool; Enterobacteriaceae; Ethnicity; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gastroenteritis; Humans; Infant; Male; Pyridoxine; Riboflavin; Thiamine; Vitamin A; Vitamin E; Vitamins

Topics: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Ascorbic Acid; Betamethasone; Eye Diseases; Gastroenteritis; Humans; Infant; Male; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas Infections; Respiratory Tract Infections; Vitamin B Complex

Topics: Ascorbic Acid; Birth Weight; Breast Feeding; Gastroenteritis; Humans; Hypernatremia; Infant Food; Infant Nutrition Disorders; Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Respiratory Tract Infections; Tetany; Vitamin A; Vitamin D; Vitamin K; Vomiting

Topics: Ascorbic Acid; Blood Chemical Analysis; Child; Gastroenteritis; Jaundice; Liver Diseases; Liver Function Tests; Nutrition Disorders; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Rickets

Topics: Anemia; Ascorbic Acid; Blood Chemical Analysis; Child; Deficiency Diseases; Gastroenteritis; Humans