[Urinary system irregularities as a background of acute and chronic nutritional disturbances in infants]

Wiad Lek. 1993 Feb;46(3-4):133-5.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

An analysis was carried out of 362 infants with urinary system infections (USI) hospitalized in the years 1987-91. Using USG and X-ray examinations abnormalities were found in 90 cases (24.9%), half of which were vesicoureteral refluxes. Of interest was the correlation of USI in the infants with such things as: weight deficiency (896 cases--26.5%), diarrhoea (130 cases--35.9%), malabsorption syndrome (20 cases--5.5%). Effective treatment of USI caused simultaneously a regression of gastrointestinal sings which indicated the aetiological and pathogenetic correlation between these two facts.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Diarrhea, Infantile / etiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Malabsorption Syndromes / etiology
  • Urinary Tract Infections / complications*
  • Urinary Tract Infections / therapy
  • Urologic Diseases / diagnosis
  • Urologic Diseases / etiology*
  • Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / diagnosis
  • Vesico-Ureteral Reflux / etiology