Electrocardiographic Abnormalities in Severe Malnutrition

Just before and after V-E day a major medical problem in the European Theatre of Operations was the care of the great number of liberated Allied prisoners of war. Many of these were suffering from profound and prolonged malnutrition and the gravity of their physical condition, coupled with the great numbers involved, taxed the resources of the medical personnel caring for them. Numerous studies of various aspects of the physiological derangements of these soldiers have been made. This report is concerned with electrocardiographic findings in a small series of severely malnourished patients.