Racecadotril in the treatment of acute watery diarrhea in children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 463-467

  Salazar Lindo, Eduardo ^a,b   Santisteban Ponce, Javier ^a   Chea Woo, Elsa ^a   Gutierrez, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b NONE   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETORPHAN; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ENKEPHALINASE INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEVER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; ILEUS; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTAVIRUS; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPRILYSIN; ROTAVIRUS; THIORPHAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034680034     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200008173430703     Document Type: Article

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