Fecal Reducing Substances and Breath Hydrogen Excretion as Indicators of Carbohydrate Malabsorption

• Published in: Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition Vol. 2; no. 3; pp. 487 - 490
• Main Authors: Caballero, Benjamin, Solomons, Noel W., Torún, Benjamin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.08.1983
• Subjects: Carbohydrate malabsorption; Diarrhea; Fecal reducing substances; H2 breath test; Malnutrition

Data from serial determinations of fecal volume, characteristics, pH, and reducing substances, and postprandial breath hydrogen (H2) concentrations in severely malnourished children receiving milk‐based recovery diets were used to evaluate the quality of the correspondence among diagnostic indices f...