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Breatnach CR, Cleary A, Prendiville T, Crumlish K, Murchan H, McMahon CJ. Prevalence of Subclinical Enteric Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Loss in Children with Univentricular Circulation Following Total Cavopulmonary Connection. Pediatr Cardiol 2018; 39:33-37. [PMID: 28879464 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-017-1720-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Protein-Losing Enteropathy post Fontan palliation is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. To date, very little research has been carried out to improve early identification of enteric protein loss in these patients. We hypothesise that subclinical enteric protein loss may occur in patients post Fontan surgery. A cross-sectional study was performed on 43 patients post Fontan surgery. We collected specimens of stool and blood from patients with no symptoms of protein-losing enteropathy post Fontan. Stool samples were assessed for alpha one antitrypsin. The stool samples of two patients were discarded, leaving 41 stool samples. Blood samples were also collected to review albumin, C-reactive protein, liver and renal function. Twenty-eight (65%) of those enrolled were male. The median (IQR) age between Fontan and collection of study specimens was 3.5 (2-7) years. Two (5%) patients had elevated levels of alpha-1-antitrypsin. There was no correlation between blood biochemistry and elevated stool alpha-1-antitrypsin. Subclinical protein loss is rare in asymptomatic children after Fontan procedure with only 5% of patients having elevated stool alpha-1-antitrypsin but no other symptoms. These findings may relate to our small cohort size and the time to testing post cardiac surgery. Future longitudinal follow-up studies should assess the ability of alpha-1-antitrypsin to provide earlier detection of protein-losing enteropathy in asymptomatic patients post Fontan. Given the serious prognosis of protein-losing enteropathy in this patient group, further work is warranted.
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- Colm R Breatnach
- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 4, Ireland
- University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
- University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Erkrankungen und Therapieformen des unteren Gastrointestinaltrakts. PÄDIATRISCHE GASTROENTEROLOGIE, HEPATOLOGIE UND ERNÄHRUNG 2013. [PMCID: PMC7498818 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-24710-1_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Duodenalatresien sind Hemmungsfehlbildungen und können proximal oder distal der Papilla Vateri entstehen, wobei die präpapillären Obstruktionen selten sind. Grundsätzlich kann zwischen einer Membranatresie und einer Defektatresie unterschieden werden. Die Unterscheidung beruht nicht nur auf embryologischen Gesichtspunkten, sondern hat auch eine klinische Bedeutung: Bei der Membranatresie kann die quergestellte, partiell offene oder geschlossene Membran weit in den distalen Duodenalanteil reichen („Windsackphänomen“), was zu diagnostischen und auch intraoperativen Problemen führen kann. Ein Pancreas anulare findet sich bei etwa 20 % aller Patienten mit Duodenalatresie.
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Sohn WS, Kim DR, Lee JS, Cheon GJ, Lee BH, Lee SS, Jeong SH. A case of severe protein-losing enteropathy as a late complication of pelvic irradiation. Korean J Intern Med 2004; 19:271-5. [PMID: 15683118 PMCID: PMC4531575 DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2004.19.4.271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Protein-losing enteropathy is the manifestation of a diverse set of disorders, and it is characterized by the excessive loss of plasma proteins into the affected portions of the gastrointestinal tract, and this results in hypoalbuminemia. We report here on a case of severe protein-losing enteropathy with the typical clinical features of hypoalbuminemia, dependent edema and increased alpha 1-antitrypsin (alpha1-AT) clearance, as measured by using 24 hr stool testing. The associated disorder with the protein-losing enteropathy of our case was radiation enterocolitis and lymphatic obstruction that was due to radiation treatment and lymph node dissection in the remote past for the treatment of uterine cervical carcinoma. Our case suggests that chronic radiation enterocolitis can result in irreversible injury to the intestinal mucosa and a protein-losing enteropathy, which can bring about a very poor quality of life and even the loss of life.
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- Correspondence to : Sook-Hyang Jeong, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, 215-4 Gongneung-dong, Nowon-ku, Seoul, 139-706, Korea Tel : 82-2-970-2114, Fax : 82-2-970-2401, E-mail :
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Fujii T, Shimizu T, Takahashi K, Kishiro M, Ohkubo M, Akimoto K, Yamashiro Y. Fecal alpha1-antitrypsin concentrations as a measure of enteric protein loss after modified fontan operations. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2003; 37:577-80. [PMID: 14581800 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200311000-00014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Little is known about the enteric protein loss in patients after a modified Fontan operation before the appearance of overt symptoms or signs of protein-losing enteropathy (PLE). The authors examined the possibility of using fecal alpha1-antitrypsin concentration measurements for the early detection of postoperative PLE and in longer term postoperative monitoring of these patients. METHODS The authors compared fecal alpha1-antitrypsin concentrations in stool samples from 12 children 12.0 to 43.7 months after modified Fontan operations with those of 12 age-matched control subjects and examined the relationship between the alpha1-antitrypsin levels and time since operation. The authors also compared fecal alpha1-antitrypsin concentrations of stools from the same patients obtained at two different time points after surgery with intervals between samples ranging from 14.7 to 19.8 months. RESULTS No significant differences in serum total protein and albumin levels were observed between patients after the modified Fontan operation and control subjects. The fecal concentrations of alpha1-antitrypsin in patients after the Fontan operation were significantly (P < 0.01) higher than those in control subjects. There was no significant correlation between fecal alpha1-antitrypsin concentrations and time elapsed after the Fontan operation. The fecal alpha1-antitrypsin concentration increased significantly (P < 0.01) over periods of 14.7 to 19.8 months after the first measurement. CONCLUSION The results show that enteric protein loss begins before the appearance of hypoproteinemia in patients after a modified Fontan operation, and that the measurement of fecal alpha1-antitrypsin concentrations in random stool samples is useful as an early indicator. To watch for the development of PLE after Fontan operation, it may be important to perform longitudinal follow-up examinations of enteric protein loss by measuring fecal alpha1-antitrypsin concentrations early in the postoperative period.
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- Tohru Fujii
- Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Klar A, Shoseyov D, Berkun Y, Brand A, Braun J, Shazberg G, Jonathan M, Gross-Kieselstein E, Revel-Vilk S, Hurvitz H. Intestinal protein loss and hypoalbuminemia in children with pneumonia. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2003; 37:120-3. [PMID: 12883295 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200308000-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Intestinal protein loss has been reported mainly in diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract. Intestinal protein loss during pneumonia with effusion has not been reported to date. The authors attempted to assess the associations between pneumonia with effusion and intestinal protein loss and hypoalbuminemia in children. METHODS This was a prospective consecutive case series study of in children hospitalized with pneumonia and effusion during a period of 4(1/2) years. Serum albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), and fecal alpha-1 antitrypsin (alpha-1-AT) were measured in the first 72 hours of hospitalization. Two control groups were studied: one consisted of 50 febrile children hospitalized because of viral or mild bacterial infections, and the other consisted of 20 afebrile children hospitalized because of convulsive disorders. RESULTS Sixty-seven children ages 4 months to 14 years hospitalized with pneumonia and effusion were enrolled in the study. Fifty-nine percent (40 children) were found to have elevated fecal alpha-1-AT excretion (range, 2-10 mg/g) compared with none in the two control groups (P < 0.000).Fifty-two percent (35 children) of the children with pneumonia and effusion had mild to moderate hypoalbuminemia (range, 22-34 g/L). Only one child (2%) in the febrile control group had a low albumin of 34 g/L; none were found in the afebrile control group. The level of fecal alpha-1-AT was inversely correlated with serum albumin level. CONCLUSIONS Pneumonia with effusion in children is often associated with an intestinal protein loss that can be monitored by measuring gastrointestinal loss of protein, namely fecal alpha-1-AT. In most cases the development of hypoalbuminemia correlates with the development of intestinal protein loss.
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- Aharon Klar
- Gastroenterology, Bikur Cholim General Hospital, affiliated with the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Papadopoulou A, Williams MD, Darbyshire PJ, Booth IW. Nutritional support in children undergoing bone marrow transplantation. Clin Nutr 1998; 17:57-63. [PMID: 10205318 DOI: 10.1016/s0261-5614(98)80306-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nutritional status and 'well-being' were compared prospectively in 39 children (mean age 8.1 years) who received nutritional support following bone marrow transplantion (BMT): 20 received enteral tube feeding (ETF; six received parenteral nutrition [PN] subsequently) and 19 with oral mucositis received PN (one received ETF subsequently). Poor nutritional status (height for age and/or weight for height and/or mid-arm circumference z-scores <-1) was present in 18 patients and was associated with a longer hospital stay (P = 0. 01). Both ETF and PN groups were comparable with respect to age, pretransplant nutritional status and conditioning regimens. No significant deterioration in anthropometric indices in either group occurred following BMT. However, significant correlations were found between the duration of ETF (and not PN) and improvements in nutritional status. Furthermore, PN was associated with more frequent exocrine pancreatic insufficiency than ETF (P = 0.001). Oral mucositis was associated with poorer 'well being' at the start of PN compared with ETF (P < 0.0001), but this was reversed by the end of PN. Bone marrow recovery, hospital stay and positive blood cultures were similar in the two groups. Hypomagnesaemia, hypophosphataemia and biochemical zinc deficiency were common in both groups but hypoalbuminaemia and biochemical selenium deficiency were worse in the PN group. In conclusion, both ETF and PN are effective in maintaining nutritional status post-BMT. When ETF is tolerated, it is associated with better nutritional response. With the existing ETF and PN regimens close monitoring of the trace element and mineral status is required.
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- A Papadopoulou
- Institute of Child Health, University of Birmingham and Bone Marrow Unit, The Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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Lisowska-Myjak B, Pachecka J, Sokrates O, Brzozowska-Binda A, Torbicka E. Fecal alpha-1-antitrypsin excretion in children with diarrhea. Scand J Gastroenterol 1998; 33:255-9. [PMID: 9548618 DOI: 10.1080/00365529850170829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the concentration and immunoelectrophoretic characterization of alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) excreted in random fecal samples in children with acute and chronic diarrhea and in control groups. METHODS Thirty-two children with diarrhea and 23 healthy children were evaluated. The concentration and characterization of AAT were determined by radial immunodiffusion and crossed immunoelectrophoresis, respectively. RESULTS The increase in the concentration of fecal AAT was more than the upper limit for the control group (1.25 mg/g of dry stool mass) in the patients with chronic infectious diarrhea and in 52% of those with chronic non-infectious diarrhea but not in those with acute diarrhea, infectious or non-infectious. Immunoelectrophoretic analysis showed two forms of fecal AAT in both sick and healthy children. The alterations in the concentration of fecal AAT did not correlate with the immunoelectrophoretic pattern of AAT. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that the determination of fecal AAT could give clinically useful information about the difference between infectious and non-infectious diarrhea and the activity of characterizing disease with diarrhea.
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- B Lisowska-Myjak
- Dept. of Biochemistry and Clinical Chemistry, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
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BACKGROUND Fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin is used as a marker for intestinal protein loss reflecting increased intestinal permeability. Exact data of fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin in newborn infants are not available. METHODS 30 healthy mature neonates and three infants with impaired gastrointestinal passage due to stenoses and atresia respectively, were investigated during the first days of life. The amniotic fluid of 13 and the serum of 17 infants was available. alpha 1-antitrypsin was determined using the radial immunodiffusion method. RESULTS Normal newborns showed mean fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin levels (+/-SD) of 2061 +/- 817 mg/dl (day 1), 1186 +/- 720 mg/dl (day 2), 308 +/- 380 (day 3), 35 +/- 27 (day 5), and 27 +/- 21 mg/dl (day 6). Two infants with esophageal atresia presented a much lower pattern, and one with annular pancreas had a fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin pattern comparable with that of normal babies. Serum alpha 1-antitrypsin was normal (275 +/- 52 mg/dl), and amniotic fluid contained 20 +/- 12 mg/dl alpha 1-antitrypsin. CONCLUSIONS The pattern of neonatal fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin content appears to reflect the meconium clearance of the gut rather than intestinal permeability and "gut closure." We hypothesize that the origin of increased fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin is the result of accumulated secretions from bile, the pancreas, and the duodenum, but alpha 1-antitrypsin originating from swallowed amniotic fluid during pregnancy may play an additional role.
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- K M Keller
- Children's Hospital of the University of Mainz, Germany
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Papadopoulou A, Lloyd DR, Williams MD, Darbyshire PJ, Booth IW. Gastrointestinal and nutritional sequelae of bone marrow transplantation. Arch Dis Child 1996; 75:208-13. [PMID: 8976659 PMCID: PMC1511693 DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.3.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The nature of the gastrointestinal injury following bone marrow transplantation and its clinical and nutritional sequelae are poorly defined. Prospective assessments of gastrointestinal function, nutritional status, and wellbeing were therefore carried out in 47 consecutive patients (28 males, 19 females; mean age 8.4 years) undergoing bone marrow transplant. 31 diarrhoeal episodes (median duration 9.5 days) occurred in 27 patients at a median of 10 days after transplantation. Ninety one per cent of episodes were associated with protein losing enteropathy. Protein losing enteropathy was more severe in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) comparing with other causes. It led to a substantial fall in serum albumin and there was a negative correlation between faecal alpha 1-antitrypsin concentrations and serum albumin. Transient pancreatic insufficiency developed in 18 patients, and pancreatitis in one. Intestinal permeability was normal in 12 patients who had no diarrhoea during the conditioning treatments. Diarrhoeal patients had a significantly greater decrease in nutritional status and wellbeing than patients without diarrhoea. Gastrointestinal injury following bone marrow transplantation is thus complex. Severe protein losing enteropathy in this context suggests the presence of GVHD.
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Choudhary S, Gibson PR, Deacon MC, Young GP. Measurement of faecal alpha 1-antitrypsin: methodologies and clinical application. J Gastroenterol Hepatol 1996; 11:311-8. [PMID: 8713696 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb01377.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Presence of the serum protein, alpha 1-antitrypsin, in the faeces is a potentially useful marker for gastrointestinal disease and/or blood loss. In an effort to simplify faecal sampling procedures, we evaluated the performance of measuring alpha 1-antitrypsin in eluants of thin smears of faeces made on filter paper, relative to conventional measurement in aqueous extracts of stool. Faecal specimens and smears were collected from healthy subjects (n = 22) and from patients with gastrointestinal bleeding (n = 12) or inflammation (n = 22), colorectal neoplasia (n = 15), or miscellaneous diseases with a low risk of excessive faecal protein loss (n = 30). alpha 1-Antitrypsin was measured by ELISA and haem porphyrins (as a measure of blood loss) by HemoQuant. Results from smears were highly correlated (r = 0.81; P < 0.001) with faecal alpha 1-antitrypsin. The smear method detected an elevated faecal alpha 1-antitrypsin with 93% specificity and 75% sensitivity. Sensitivity was high ( > 88%) where levels were markedly elevated in inflammatory and bleeding groups and low ( < 62%) where abnormal levels were mildly elevated (neoplasia and miscellaneous groups). Elevated alpha 1-antitrypsin detection by either method positively predicted > 90% of patients with gastrointestinal inflammatory disease when levels were elevated 6-fold and 1.5-fold or more, respectively. In 15 patients with colorectal neoplasia, faecal alpha 1-antitrypsin was elevated in 10 patients, haem porphyrins in nine patients and either in 12; however, smear eluant levels were elevated in only six patients. Blood loss was probably a major contributor to elevated faecal alpha 1-antitrypsin in some patients but not in the inflammatory group as a whole. The sampling and aesthetic advantages of the smear eluant method are offset by reduced sensitivity, precluding its use as a screening test for colorectal neoplasia. However, its performance in predicting inflammatory disease is equivalent to that of conventional measurement and warrants a prospective evaluation as an early investigative test. Concurrent evaluation of blood loss may improve its interpretation.
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- S Choudhary
- University of Melbourne Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria, Australia
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López A, Hinojosa J, Miralles A, Primo J, Bermúdez JD. Fecal excretion of alpha 1-antitrypsin in patients with Crohn's disease. A comparison of nephelometry and radial immunodiffusion. Dig Dis Sci 1994; 39:507-12. [PMID: 8131686 DOI: 10.1007/bf02088335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A comparison is made of two methods for quantifying fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin (A1ATF): nephelometry (NPL) (the method habitually employed in our laboratory), and radial immunodiffusion (RID). A method is also described for extracting A1ATF from single 24-hr stool samples. The normal A1ATF values were initially established in 25 healthy controls, followed by quantification of the protein in 30 patients with Crohn's disease, with the aim of evaluating the sensitivity and specificity of the test in assaying A1ATF and alpha 1-antitrypsin fecal clearance (CLAT). The precision of the measurement method and its applicability to the A1ATF extraction process are also evaluated. The ranges of normal A1ATF and CLAT values were found to be 0-42.2 mg/24 hr and 0-12.6 ml/24 hr, respectively; sensitivity was in turn 83% and 80% for A1ATF and CLAT, respectively, with a specificity of 100% in both cases. A good correlation was observed between the A1ATF quantifications afforded by RID and NPL in both the controls and patients with Crohn's disease (r = 0.917 and 0.997, respectively). We consider that A1ATF quantification is a rapid, safe, and reproducible method that is well tolerated by the patient.
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- A López
- Unit of Gastroenterology, Sagunto Hospital, Valencia, Spain
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Matoth I, Granot E, Gorenstein A, Abu-Dalu K, Goitein K. Gastrointestinal protein loss in children recovering from burns. J Pediatr Surg 1991; 26:1175-8. [PMID: 1779327 DOI: 10.1016/0022-3468(91)90326-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Qualitative gastrointestinal protein loss was evaluated in 10 children with second- and/or third-degree burns covering 10% or more of their body surface area (BSA) by using fecal alpha-1-antitrypsin (FA-1-AT) as a marker. Patients were subdivided according to the extent of the burned area: group I (5 patients) had burns covering less than 20% of BSA; group II (5 patients) had burns covering more than 20% of BSA (mean, 37.2% = 24.9%). Results were compared with those of 12 healthy normal controls. Mean maximal FA-1-AT excretion in group II patients (2.71 +/- 1.35 mg/g) was significantly greater than that found in group I children (0.43 +/- 0.26 mg/g; P = .006) and in the controls (0.62 +/- 0.25 mg/g; P = .004). The mean maximal FA-1-AT excretion positively correlated to the percent of BSA covered with burns (r = 0.83). Although the mean septic score (SS) of group I patients (7 +/- 2.9) was significantly greater than that calculated for group II children (3 +/- 2.45; P = .047), only 2 patients in group II had positive microbiological cultures. Patients in both groups had received more than the recommended enteral caloric and protein allowance during the 96 hours prior to the maximal FA-1-AT measurements. Within this range, no correlation was found between the amount of FA-1-AT and the number of calories per kilogram protein consumed. By using the method of FA-1-AT quantification, this study provides the first report on postburn intestinal protein loss in children.
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- I Matoth
- Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Zuin G, Fontana M, Nicoli S, Scapellato L, Tamburini G, Gaboardi F. Persistence of protein loss in acute diarrhoea. A follow-up study by faecal alpha-1-antitrypsin measurement. ACTA PAEDIATRICA SCANDINAVICA 1991; 80:961-3. [PMID: 1755305 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1991.tb11761.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- G Zuin
- Clinica Pediatrica IV Ospedale L. Sacco, Milano, Italy
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Sano T, Tajiri H, Nakajima T, Matsushita T, Kayatani F, Kanaya-Ida S, Ozaki Y, Nose O, Okada S. Massive intestinal albumin loss after Fontan operation. ACTA PAEDIATRICA JAPONICA : OVERSEAS EDITION 1991; 33:384-8. [PMID: 1785336 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1991.tb01571.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Massive intestinal protein loss was demonstrated and the site of loss determined by abdominal scintigraphy with 99mTc-labeled human serum albumin in a 9-year-old girl following the Fontan operation for pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. Significant activity accumulating in the lower small intestine and moving with its contents into the colon were shown. Her condition may have resulted from intestinal lymphangiectasia, caused by increased central venous pressure. Abdominal scintigraphy with 99mTc-human serum albumin is useful in the diagnosis of protein-losing enteropathy.
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- T Sano
- Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Reif S, Jain A, Santiago J, Rossi T. Protein losing enteropathy as a manifestation of Henoch-Schönlein purpura. ACTA PAEDIATRICA SCANDINAVICA 1991; 80:482-5. [PMID: 2058402 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1991.tb11888.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Gastrointestinal manifestations of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) commonly include abdominal pain and gastrointestinal bleeding. Hypoproteinemia and edema could be related to renal involvement. We report a 14-year-old boy with classical features of HSP manifestated with edema due to severe intestinal protein loss, measured by elevated fecal alpha 1 antitrypsin secretion. The protein losing enteropathy subsided with corticosteroid therapy.
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- S Reif
- Department of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, New York
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Bhan MK, Khoshoo V, Chowdhary D, Jain R, Raj P, Jayashree S, Kumar R. Increased faecal alpha-1-antitrypsin excretion in children with persistent diarrhoea associated with enteric pathogens. ACTA PAEDIATRICA SCANDINAVICA 1989; 78:265-7. [PMID: 2784616 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1989.tb11067.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The random faecal alpha-1-antitrypsin (AT) excretion (mg/g dry weight of stool) was measured in 30 infants and children (mean age 10.8 +/- 8 mo.) with protracted diarrhoea (duration greater than or equal to 21 days) and failure to thrive and 27 normally nourished children (mean age 13 +/- 4.5 mo.) without any gastrointestinal symptoms in the preceding 12 weeks. The associated factors in patients with protracted diarrhoea and their mean faecal AT during active disease and 3-4 weeks after recovery were as follows: Enteropathogenic E. coli 5 (7.9 +/- 5.5; 3.2 +/- 0.6), Giardia lamblia 4 (3.9 +/- 1.8; 2.5 +/- 0.7), Salmonella typhimurium 3 (4.0 +/- 0.2; 3.8 +/- 0), secondary carbohydrate intolerance 11 (2.5 +/- 0.9; 2.4 +/- 0.8), and others 7 (3.4 +/- 0.7; 3.0 +/- 0.5), respectively. Of all the patients with protracted diarrhoea the mean AT in the E. coli, Giardia and Salmonella groups were significantly higher than the mean in the control group (2.1 +/- 0.8) and following treatment and recovery the values were comparable to that in the controls. All the 6 patients with very high faecal AT (greater than mean + 3 SD of controls) were associated with an enteric pathogen.
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- M K Bhan
- Department of Paediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
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Pike MG, Riches P, Atherton DJ. Fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin concentration and gastrointestinal permeability to oligosaccharides in atopic dermatitis. Pediatr Dermatol 1989; 6:10-2. [PMID: 2784853 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1989.tb00258.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Severe allergic protein-losing enteropathy has been described in childhood atopic dermatitis (AD). Minor morphologic and functional abnormalities of the gastrointestinal mucosa, including altered permeability to oligosaccharides, are not uncommon in this condition, but the prevalence of occult enteric protein loss is unknown. We measured the random fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin (AAT) concentration, an indicator of enteric protein loss, in children with and without AD and found no significant difference between the groups. In half of the patients with AD, gastrointestinal permeability to oligosaccharides was also measured, and no relationship between this and fecal AAT was found.
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- M G Pike
- Department of Dermatology, Hospital for Sick Children, London
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Magazzù G, Saccà MG, Conti Nibali S, Sferlazzas C, Tedeschi A, Santoro S. Breath hydrogen in celiac disease. Gastroenterology 1989; 96:268-9. [PMID: 2909429 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(89)90812-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Catassi C, Cardinali E, D'Angelo G, Coppa GV, Giorgi PL. Reliability of random fecal alpha 1-antitrypsin determination on nondried stools. J Pediatr 1986; 109:500-2. [PMID: 3489090 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(86)80128-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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