Malabsorption Syndromes

2009 ◽  
pp. 163-176
Keyword(s):  
Malabsorption Syndromes

AMERICAN BOARD OF PEDIATRICS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-687
Keyword(s):  
Early Life ◽  
Metabolic Disorders ◽  
Electrolyte Balance ◽  
School Problems ◽  
Genetic Theory ◽  
Respiratory Problems ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Written Examination ◽  
Malabsorption Syndromes ◽  
Vitamin Requirements

CHANGES IN THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION IN ORDER to provide candidates with a knowledge of specific areas of strength or weakness in their training, the American Board of Pediatrics will make the following changes in the written examination to be offered in January 1968 and subsequent years: The length of the examination will be increased from 3 hours to 6 hours, i.e., two 3-hour sessions with a luncheon break between. Questions of the morning session must be completed and turned in before the luncheon break; a second set of questions will be issued for the afternoon portion of the examination. Candidates' examinations will be graded on the full performance, but will also be scored in the following subdivisions of pediatric knowledge, including diagnosis and treatment: I. The Newborn To include prenatal care and obstetric practices as they relate to the offspring; embryology, physiology, and pathology of the fetus and newborn; infant feeding; vitamin requirements and deficiencies; infections and metabolic disorders peculiar to the newborn; anomalies and other disorders which require attention in early life. II. Metabolic Disorders Principles of fluid and electrolyte balance and management; inborn and acquired errors of metabolism; molecular and chemical disorders; endocrinology; renal and genitourinary disease; malabsorption syndromes. III. Growth and Development General genetic theory; physical, mental, and behavioral development; neurology, psychology and psychiatry; school problems; adolescence; family medicine; mental retardation, perceptual handicaps. IV. Infectious Disease, Immunology, and Allergy Bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoal disease; infectious and inflammatory disease of uncertain origin; "autoimmune" diseases; principles of immunity; immunization; public health measures; allergy; mechanical respiratory problems; dermatology.

A Screening Test for Malabsorption Syndromes

1959 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 588-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. W. Horsley ◽  
J. A. Clifton ◽  
W. E. Connor ◽  
T. C. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Screening Test ◽  
Malabsorption Syndromes

scholarly journals Treatment of vitamin D deficiency with UV light in patients with malabsorption syndromes: a case series

2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prakash Chandra ◽  
Linda L. Wolfenden ◽  
Thomas R. Ziegler ◽  
Junqiang Tian ◽  
Menghua Luo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Uv Light ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Malabsorption Syndromes

Malabsorption Syndromes

2017 ◽  
pp. 804-818
Author(s):  
Tim S. Mair ◽  
Thomas J. Divers
Keyword(s):  
Malabsorption Syndromes

MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES

2005 ◽  
pp. 196-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
P.M. Tsai ◽  
C. Duggan
Keyword(s):  
Malabsorption Syndromes

Malabsorption syndromes in the tropics

2020 ◽  
pp. 2916-2924
Author(s):  
Vineet Ahuja ◽  
Govind K. Makharia
Keyword(s):  
Symptomatic Relief ◽  
Epidemiological Data ◽  
Strongyloides Stercoralis ◽  
Tropical Sprue ◽  
Nutritional Deficiencies ◽  
Chronic Diarrhoea ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Malabsorption Syndromes ◽  
Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease ◽  
The Tropics

Causes of secondary malabsorption that are most common in the tropics include (1) progressive wasting in people infected with HIV, which is known as ‘slim disease’; (2) various infections—protozoal (e.g. Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium parvum), helminthic (e.g. Capillaria philippinensis, Strongyloides stercoralis), and bacterial (Mycobacterium tuberculosis); (3) immunoproliferative small intestinal disease; and (4) hypolactasia. Coeliac disease and Crohn’s disease also occur. When patients with conditions that can cause secondary malabsorption are excluded, a group remains who have chronic diarrhoea, malabsorption, and its nutritional sequelae. This primary or idiopathic malabsorption syndrome is called ‘tropical sprue’, which occurs against the background of tropical enteropathy (describing the fact that the morphology of the mucosa of normal gut is different in tropical preindustrialized countries from that in temperate-zone industrialized countries). The aetiology of tropical sprue is not known: epidemiological data suggests an infective cause, but no causal agent has been identified. Presentation is typically with loose or watery stools lasting for several weeks or months, and with symptoms and signs of nutritional deficiency. Management involves symptomatic relief from diarrhoea, and correction of fluid and electrolyte abnormalities and nutritional deficiencies. Attempts at specific curative measures—folic acid and tetracyclines—are usually given for up to 6 months.

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