The action of HIV infection on the height-weight development of children infected postnatally
Cojocaru, S.; Cojocaru, R.
Bacteriologia Virusologia Parazitologia Epidemiologia 43(1-2): 39-42
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1220-3696 PMID: 9718747 Document Number: 488086
The purpose of the recent research was to evaluate the influence of HIV infection on the weight-growth deficiency of nonmaternally infected children. The retrospective and prospective study was done on 141 children who died of AIDS in 1990-1997 (inclusive) in Colentina Hospital of Infectious Diseases, Bucharest. The mean of weight and growth deficiency in the total group was accordingly 50.7% and 20.4% with a statistically significant differences in organized children 54.3% and 21.3% in comparison with those of family 46.4% and 18.5%. The evaluation of the anthropometry data estimates a relationship of middle strength between weight and growth deficiency. The obtained data reveal the importance of nutrition and hygiene care factors in the degree of wasting syndrome and mortality-rate, especially in the first two years of life, and demonstrate the necessity of anthropometry measures of children in AIDS.