Nutritional status, breastfeeding, and evolution of Infants with acute viral bronchiolitis.
J Health Popul Nutr
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2007 Sep; 25(3): 336-43
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ABSTRACT
Acute viral bronchiolitis is a common respiratory infectious disease of infancy. A prospective study was carried out with 175 infants aged up to six months to evaluate their nutritional and breastfeeding status as possible risk factors for unfavourable evolution of previously-healthy infants from a care hospital. Immunofluorescence test for virus and anthropometric assessment were performed. Outcomes were length of oxygen-use, length of hospital stay, and type of hospital unit needed. Seventy-three percent of the infants were well-nourished, 6% undernourished, 8.6% at a nutritional risk, 10.9% overweight, and 1.7% obese. Eighty-one percent of the undernourished and nutritionally at-risk infants and 72% of the well-nourished, overweight, and obese infants did not receive exclusive breastfeeding. The median length of hospital stay was four days and of oxygen-use was 60 hours. The nutritional status did not affect the clinical course of previously-healthy infants with acute viral brochiolitis. The duration of exclusive breastfeeding, but not type of breastfeeding, was inversely related to the length of oxygen-use and the length of hospital stay. Shorter exclusive breastfeeding was observed in infants who were assigned to a paediatric ward or to an intensive care unit. In conclusion, longer duration of breastfeeding was associated with better clinical outcomes.
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Asunto principal:
Terapia por Inhalación de Oxígeno
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Brasil
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Lactancia Materna
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Recién Nacido
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Bronquiolitis Viral
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Estado Nutricional
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Enfermedad Aguda
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Factores de riesgo
País/Región como asunto:
America del Sur
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Brasil
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
J Health Popul Nutr
Asunto de la revista:
Gastroenterology
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Nutritional Sciences
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Public Health
Año:
2007
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Artículo
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