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Nutritional assessment in Egyptian infants with cholestasis
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Abstract
This study done to assess nutritional status among cholestatic children. The study included 40 pediatric patients diagnosed with chronic cholestasis conducted in pediatric hepatology clinic, children{u2019}s hospital, Cairo university. It included both sexes from 1-6 years, 6 months after the onset of the illness and 2 months after the recommended proper vitamin D doses after exclusion of patients with biliary atresia,end stage liver disease and other chronic disease that may affect the anthropometric measures and nutritional status. The study showed that 37.5% of the patients were underweight, 32.5% had short stature, 37.5% had low MUAC and 77.5% had low TSF. Vitamin D deficiency in 32.5% of the patients and zinc deficiency in 34.2% of the patients