Vitamin A for the treatment of children with measles - A systematic review

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 323-327

  D'Souza, Rennie M ^a   D'Souza, Ron ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG FORMULATION; FATALITY; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SKULL DEFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; MEASLES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0036918956     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/48.6.323     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. CDC. Advances in global measles control and elimination: Summary of the 1997 International Meeting. Morbid Mortal Wkly Rep 1998; 47: 2.
2. WHO/UNICEF/IVACG Task Force. Vitamin A supplements: A guide to their use in the treatment and prevention of vitamin A deficiency and xerophthalmia, 2nd edn. WHO, Geneva, 1997.
3. Glasziou PP, Mackerras DEM. Vitamin A supplementation in infectious diseases: a meta-analysis. BMJ 1993; 306: 366-70.
4. Fawzi WW, Chalmers TC, Herrera MG, Mosteller F. Vitamin A supplementation and child mortality. A meta-analysis. JAMA 1993; 269: 898-903.
5. Beaton GH, Martorell R, Aronson KJ, et al. Effectiveness of vitamin A supplementation in the control of young child morbidity and mortality in developing countries. ACC/SCN State of the Art Series 1993, Nutrition Policy Discussion Paper no 13.
6. Ogaro FO, Orinda VA, Onyango FE, Black RE. Effect of vitamin A on diarrhoeal and respiratory complications of measles. Trop Geogr Med 1993; 45: 283-86.
7. Rosales FJ, Kjolhede C, Goodman S. Efficacy of a single oral dose of 200 000 IU of oil-soluble vitamin A in measles-associated morbidity. Am J Epidemiol 1996; 143: 413-22.
8. Kawasaki Y, Hosoya M, Katayose M, Suzuki H. The efficacy of oral vitamin A supplementation for measles and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Kansenshogaku Zasshi 1999; 73: 104-9.
9. D'Souza RM, D'Souza R. Vitamin A for treating measles in children (Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 2. Update Software, Oxford, 2001.
10. D'Souza RM, D'Souza R, Fawzi W. Vitamin A for measles in children (Protocol for a Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 4. Update Software, Oxford, 1999.
11. Jadad AR, Moore RA, Carroll D, et al. Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: is blinding necessary? Control Clin Trials 1996; 17: 1-12.
12. Barclay AJG, Foster A, Sommer A. Vitamin A supplements and mortality related to measles: a randomised clinical trial. BMJ 1987; 282: 294-96.
13. Hussey GD, Klein M. A randomised controlled trial of vitamin A in children with severe measles. NEJM 1990; 323: 160-64.
14. Coutsoudis A, Broughton M, Coovadia HM. Vitamin A supplementation reduces measles morbidity in young African children: a randomized, placebo controlled, double blind trial. Am J Clin Nutr 1991; 54: 890-95.
15. World Health Organization. EPT Program Report, Geneva, 1993.
16. Sommer A, West K. Vitamin A Deficiency: Health, Survival and Vision. Oxford University Press, New York, 1996.
17. World Health Organization. Expanded programme on immunisation: Programme for the prevention of blindness. WHO Wkly Epidemiol Rec 1987; 62: 133-34.
18. D'Souza RM, D'Souza R. Vitamin A for preventing secondary infections in children with measles-a systematic review. J Trop Pediatr 2002; 48: 72-7.
19. Markowitz LE, Nzilambi N, Driskell WJ, et al. Vitamin A levels and mortality among hospitalised patients, Kinshasa, Zaire. J Trop Pediatr 1989; 35: 109-12.
20. Ellison JB. Intensive vitamin therapy in measles. Br Med J 1932; ii: 708-11.
21. Havens PL, Butler JC, Day SE, et al. Treating measles: appropriateness of admission to a Wisconsin children's hospital. Am J Pub Health 1993; 83: 379-84.
22. Butler JC, Havens PL. Sowell AL, et al. Measles severity and serum retinol (vitamin A) concentrations among children in the United States. Pediatrics 1993; 91: 1176-81.