%0 Journal Article
%T Frequency of pneumonitis among malnourished autopsied adults
%A Jammal
%A Millena Prata
%A Cunha
%A Selma Freire de Carvalho da
%A Teixeira
%A Vicente de Paula Antunes
%A Cunha
%A Daniel Ferreira da
%J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
%D 2009
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
%R 10.1590/S0037-86822009000400022
%X the objective of this study was to investigate whether malnourished autopsied adults would present higher frequency of pneumonitis than non-malnourished ones would. all of the autopsied adults (n = 175; age > 18 years) with complete records, including weight and height data, were included. pneumonitis was observed more frequently in malnourished individuals (59.1%) than in non-malnourished individuals (41.3%). this study showed that the percentage of pneumonitis among autopsied adults was high, in addition to an increased risk of pneumonitis among these individuals.
%K protein-energy malnutrition
%K pneumonitis
%K autopsy
%K adults.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0037-86822009000400022&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en