RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Plasma cortisol levels in malnourished children with and without superimposed acute stress
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 714
OP 716
DO 10.1136/adc.48.9.714
VO 48
IS 9
A1 R. B. Paisey
A1 Marielena Angers
A1 S. Frenk
YR 1973
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/48/9/714.abstract
AB Plasma cortisol levels were measured in 13 children with marasmus, in 7 with kwashiorkor, and in 24 normal children. Cortisol levels in the malnourished children did not differ from those of the normal group, either before or after 15 or 30 days of treatment, unless there was superimposed acute stress. Stress caused by complications such as hypoglycaemia, infection, hypothermia, or acidosis led to raised plasma cortisol levels.