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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Omodamola Aje B.Sc, M.D. [2]
Overview
Echocardiography findings may be helpful in the diagnosis of protein energy malnutrition. Findings on an echocardiography suggestive of protein energy malnutrition include decrease of R wave and QTc interval, decreased cardiac index which improved significantly after rehabilitation.
Echocardiography or ultrasound
Echocardiography findings may be helpful in the diagnosis of protein energy malnutrition. Findings on an echocardiography suggestive of protein energy malnutrition include:[1]
- Decrease of R wave and QTc interval
- Decreased cardiac index which improved significantly after rehabilitation.
References
- ↑ El-Sayed HL, Nassar MF, Habib NM, Elmasry OA, Gomaa SM (2006). "Structural and functional affection of the heart in protein energy malnutrition patients on admission and after nutritional recovery". Eur J Clin Nutr. 60 (4): 502–10. doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602344. PMID 16319835.