Consensus Statement of IAP National Task Force: Status Report on Management of Acute Diarrhea

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 335-347

  Bhatnagar, Shinjini ^a   Bhandari, Nita ^b   Mouli, U C ^b   Bhan, M K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITAZOXANIDE; NORFLOXACIN; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; PAROMOMYCIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHOLERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSENTERY; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; META ANALYSIS; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OSMOLARITY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIEMETICS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; ZINC;

EID: 1942437655     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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