Energy malabsorption: measurement and nutritional consequences
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Energy malabsorption: measurement and nutritional consequences
Abstract
Fecal energy (FE) loss was measured using bomb calorimetry in 30 patients; 14 had a history of malabsorption, while 16 had no history of intestinal dysfunction. Average digestibility (and range) of energy and FE loss were 73% (48 to 91%) and 493 kcal/day (177 to 927 kcal/day) in the group with malabsorption, compared to 96% (89 to 99%) and 74 kcal/day (8 to 146 kcal/day) in the group without malabsorption, respectively. Metabolizable energy supplied by the diet (intake kcal -- (fecal kcal + urinary kcal) was below the calculated daily energy requirement in five of seven patients with malabsorption; in three of these five subjects the combination of decreased energy intake and increased FE loss produced negative energy balance, while in the remaining two patients malabsorption alone caused negative energy balance. Inadequate metabolizable energy in these five patients was associated with weight loss and protein-energy malnutrition. The usual clinical laboratory tests applied to the study of malabsorption, including fecal fat, fecal nitrogen, and stool weight, were poor predictors of FE loss. These tests were also of limited value in assessing the effects of dietary modification on energy malabsorption. Contrastingly, bomb calorimetry provided a simple and accurate alternative in quantitatively assessing FE loss in the patient with malabsorption.
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