wasting syndrome


wast·ing syn·drome

1. Synonym(s): runting syndrome2. progressive involuntary weight loss seen in patients with HIV infection; may be due to a number of factors acting alone or in combination, including inadequate oral intake of food, altered metabolic state, and malabsorption. Does not respond to increased caloric intake. Defined as profound involuntary weight loss of greater than 10% of baseline body weight, plus either chronic diarrhea (at least two loose stools per day for more than 30 days) or chronic weakness and documented fever (for more than 30 days, intermittent or constant) in the absence of concurrent illness or condition other than HIV infection that could explain the findings (such as cancer, tuberculosis, cryptosporidiosis, or other specific enteritis). Synonym(s): HIV wasting syndrome Synonym(s): slim disease

wast·ing syn·drome

1. Synonym(s): runting syndrome2. progressive involuntary weight loss seen in patients with HIV infection; may be due to a number of factors acting alone or in combination, including inadequate oral intake of food, altered metabolic state, and malabsorption. Does not respond to increased caloric intake. Defined as profound involuntary weight loss of greater than 10% of baseline body weight, plus either chronic diarrhea (at least two loose stools per day for more than 30 days) or chronic weakness and documented fever (for more than 30 days, intermittent or constant) in the absence of concurrent illness or condition other than HIV infection that could explain the findings (such as cancer, tuberculosis, cryptosporidiosis, or other specific enteritis). Synonym(s): HIV wasting syndrome Synonym(s): slim disease
A clinical complex associated with chronic renal insufficiency, which is attributed to a combination of poor nutrition, endocrine dysfunction, catabolic stresses—e.g., infection, uremia, dialysis. Wasting is also related to anorexia, and protein catabolism secondary to infection

wasting syndrome

Any clinical complex associated with chronic renal insufficiency, attributed to a combination of poor nutrition, endocrine dysfunction, catabolic stresses–eg, infection, uremia, dialysis; starvation causes death at 66% of ideal body weight. See Starvation.

wast·ing syn·drome

(wāst'ing sin'drōm) Progressive involuntary weight loss seen in patients with HIV infection; may be due to a number of factors acting alone or in combination, including inadequate oral intake of food, altered metabolic state, and/or malabsorption. Does not respond to increased caloric intake. Defined as profound involuntary weight loss of greater than 10% of baseline body weight, plus either chronic diarrhea (at least two loose stools per day for more than 30 days) or chronic weakness and documented fever (for more than 30 days, intermittent or constant) in the absence of concurrent illness or condition other than HIV infection that could explain the findings (e.g., cancer, tuberculosis, cryptosporidiosis, or other specific enteritis).
Synonym(s): HIV wasting syndrome.

Wasting syndrome

A progressive loss of weight and muscle tissue caused by the AIDS virus.Mentioned in: AIDS