Vitamin A status in acute exacerbations of cystic fibrosis

• Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 64; no. 4; pp. 635 - 639
• Main Authors: Duggan, C, Colin, AA, Agil, A, Higgins, L, Rifai, N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD Elsevier Inc 01.10.1996; American Society for Clinical Nutrition; American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; anthropometric measurements; BINDING PROTEINS; Biological and medical sciences; BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; blood; BLOOD PLASMA; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY MEASUREMENTS; BODY WEIGHT; C-Reactive Protein; C-Reactive Protein - metabolism; CLINICAL ASPECTS; Cohort Studies; Cystic Fibrosis; Cystic Fibrosis - metabolism; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC; DIAGNOSTICO; DIET; DIETA; DISEASE COURSE; EDAD; Errors of metabolism; ESTADO NUTRICIONAL; ETAT NUTRITIONNEL; Female; FONCTION PHYSIOLOGIQUE; FUNCION FISIOLOGICA; Humans; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; indicator species; Lung Diseases; Lung Diseases - metabolism; LUNG FUNCTION; Lungs; Male; MASSACHUSETTS; Medical sciences; MEDICION DEL CUERPO; MENSURATION CORPORELLE; Metabolic diseases; metabolism; Miscellaneous hereditary metabolic disorders; Nutrition; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORGANISME INDICATEUR; ORGANISMOS INDICADORES; PATHOGENESE; PATHOGENESIS; PATOGENESIS; PESO CORPORAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; PLASMA SANGUIN; PLASMA SANGUINEO; POIDS CORPOREL; Prospective Studies; PROTEINAS AGLUTINANTES; PROTEINAS SANGUINEAS; PROTEINE DE LIAISON; PROTEINE SANGUINE; Proteins; REGIME ALIMENTAIRE; Regression Analysis; RETINOL; Retinol-Binding Proteins; Retinol-Binding Proteins - metabolism; Retinol-Binding Proteins, Plasma; SINTOMAS; SYMPTOME; SYMPTOMS; Vitamin A; Vitamin A - blood; Vitamin A - metabolism; Massachusetts; Human; Respiratory disease; Acute; Vitamin; Metabolic diseases; Hospital environment; Cystic fibrosis; Genetic disease; Retinol; Young adult; Digestive diseases; Nutritional status; Pancreatic disease

Vitamin A is an essential nutrient for epithelial cell maintenance and repair, and it is known that infectious stresses may depress plasma vitamin A concentrations. Patients with cystic fibrosis are at risk for vitamin A deficiency because of fat malabsorption as well as for the inflammatory stresse...