TY - JOUR
T1 - Steatocrit: A Simple Method for Detection Fat Malabsorption
AU - Suharyono, Suharyono
AU - Satari, Hindra Irawan
AU - Firmansyah, Agus
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Steatocrlt was determined through microcentrifugation of fecal hemogenate from 45 patients with chronic diarrhoea. In the same patients urine materials were collected to determine fat malabsorption using Lipiodol absorption test. There were 28 male and 17 female patients. Severe malabsorption using steatocrit was detected tn 31 patients (68;9%), while LAT determined severe malabsorption in 34 patients (75.5%). The overall sensitivity was 88.2%, and spesificity was 90.9%. Nutritional status did not influence the sensitivity and spesificity of steatocrit. We propose that this simple semiquantitative test can be used as an alternative method for detecting fat malabsorption particularly in laboratories with limited technical expertise.
AB - Steatocrlt was determined through microcentrifugation of fecal hemogenate from 45 patients with chronic diarrhoea. In the same patients urine materials were collected to determine fat malabsorption using Lipiodol absorption test. There were 28 male and 17 female patients. Severe malabsorption using steatocrit was detected tn 31 patients (68;9%), while LAT determined severe malabsorption in 34 patients (75.5%). The overall sensitivity was 88.2%, and spesificity was 90.9%. Nutritional status did not influence the sensitivity and spesificity of steatocrit. We propose that this simple semiquantitative test can be used as an alternative method for detecting fat malabsorption particularly in laboratories with limited technical expertise.
UR - https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/2121
U2 - 10.14238/pi32.11-12.1992.298-303
DO - 10.14238/pi32.11-12.1992.298-303
M3 - Article
SN - 0030-9311
VL - 32
SP - 298
EP - 303
JO - Paediatrica Indonesiana
JF - Paediatrica Indonesiana
IS - 11-12
ER -
