Intravenous Fructose Disappearance In Protein Calorie Malnutrition

Abstract

The disappearance of intravenously administered fructose and glucose became more rapid after treatment in children with protein calorie malnutrition (PCM). Since fructose disposal is largely hepatic and is insulin-independent, the finding suggests a reversible disturbance of the appropriate hepatic enzymes in PCM. The impaired glucose disposal is unlikely to be caused solely by lack of insulin