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Total bilirubin and TGP were measured in 46 infants with third degree malnutrition admitted to the Children Hospital, Quito, Ecuador. Tests were performed immediately after admission and 7 and 14 days later. All received the same clinical management; 16 died (group a) and 30 were descharged alive once the associated pathology was over (group b).
Mean total bilirubin and TGP in group a) were significantly different from group b) at admission and 14 days later; there was no difference at day 7 (student's T test).
Serum TGP levels over 80 u and/or total bilirubin levels equal or greater to 1.2 mg in an infant with third degree malnutrition may be signs of a fatal outcome.
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Davila, N. 32 TOTAL BILIRUBIN AND PYRUVIC GLUTAMIC THANSAMINASE (GTP) LEVELS IN INFANTS WITH THIRD DEGREE MALNUTRITION: SURVIVORS VS. FATALITIES. Pediatr Res 15, 188 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198102000-00089
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