31 Study in infants of low socio-economical level fed with artificial milk

• Autor(a) principal: Schmidt, Benjamin José [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 1981
• Outros Autores: Maluf, MEZ, Aidars, T., Spinelli, CPB, Eiras, I. P., Pires, S. F., Paiva, R. C., Esteves, S. G., Takahashi, N., Oliveira, I. A.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo de conferência
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/24850; http://dx.doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198102000-00051

106 infants which received artificial feeding and belonging to the lowest socio-economical levels of the city of Sorocaba were studied.The ages varied from 6 days to 12 weeks.52 males and 54 females, weighing from 800 to 4200 g.They were followed-up to the 20th week of life.All patients were visited by the pediatric staff in their respective home every week,receiving advice on Puericulture.Parasitological tests andcoprocultures of the feces were done at the beginning of the observation,every 4 weeks,and during diarrhoea outbreaks. Results: 55.6% of the infants had their nutritional state within normal limits;17.0% improved their nutritional state during the observation period;12.2%,which at the beginning of the study present with 1st.undernutrition,remained unchanged,and 10.3% with undernutrition of the 2nd and 3rd degrees remained unchanged during the study.2.8% of the cases with weight within normal level,evoluted into 1st degree undernutrition and 1.84% with first degree undernutrition finished with 2nd degree undernutrition.287 protoparasitological tests and 287 coprocultures were performed.Enteropathogenic bacteria were isolated in the feces of 23 patients without diarrhoea and in 7 patients with diarrhoea.In 10 patients with diarrhoea,no enteropathogenic bacteria were isolated.The results obtained stress the importance of continued “in loco” medical assistance.