Biochemical nutritional indicators in children with protein energy malnutrition attending Kanti Children Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Kathmandu University Medical Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 129-134

  Mishra, Shravan Kumar ^a   Bastola, S P ^b   Jha, B ^b  

^a Kantipur Dental College   (Nepal)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Biochemical nutritional indicators; PEM

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COLOSTRUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; NEPAL; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 67649628238     PISSN: 18122027     EISSN: 18122078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v7i2.2705     Document Type: Article

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