Protein-Energy Malnutrition: Rare form of Social Misery. A Case Report
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.54695/dss.50.03.2481Keywords:
Protein energy malnutrition, Cardiac hypotrophy, Steatosis, Cardiac arrhythmia.Abstract
Protein-energy malnutrition is rarely deadly in industrialized countries because of precocious and adequate
medical treatment. The authors report the case of a 48-year-old woman who was dependent on her husband for
daily actions and died by marasmic kwashiorkor. The consequences of the protein-energy malnutrition and associated
causes of death are also presented
