Protein-Energy Malnutrition
"Protein-Energy Malnutrition" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The lack of sufficient energy or protein to meet the body's metabolic demands, as a result of either an inadequate dietary intake of protein, intake of poor quality dietary protein, increased demands due to disease, or increased nutrient losses.
| Descriptor ID |
D011502
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C18.654.521.500.708.626
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| Concept/Terms |
Protein-Energy Malnutrition- Protein-Energy Malnutrition
- Malnutrition, Protein-Energy
- Malnutritions, Protein-Energy
- Protein Energy Malnutrition
- Protein-Calorie Malnutrition
- Malnutrition, Protein-Calorie
- Protein Calorie Malnutrition
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Protein-Energy Malnutrition" by people in Profiles.
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Reply, Letter to the Editor - Supplemental and energy likely account for multi-ingredient supplementation in mitigating morbidity and mortality in compromised elderly malnourished patients. Clin Nutr. 2016 08; 35(4):977-8.
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Diminished primary CD8 T cell response to viral infection during protein energy malnutrition in mice is due to changes in microenvironment and low numbers of viral-specific CD8 T cell precursors. J Nutr. 2008 Apr; 138(4):806-12.
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The effect of malnutrition on morbidity after Surgery for chronic pancreatitis. Am Surg. 2005 Jun; 71(6):466-72; discussion 472-3.
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Rickets and protein malnutrition in northern Nigeria. J Trop Pediatr. 1997 04; 43(2):98-102.