Efficacy of zinc in the treatment of severe pneumonia in hospitalized children <2 y old

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1089-1096

  Bose, Anuradha ^a   Coles, Christian L ^b   Gunavathi, ^a   John, Hemanth ^a   Moses, Prabhakar ^a   Raghupathy, P ^a   Kirubakaran, Chellam ^a   Black, Robert E ^b   Brooks, W Abdullah ^b,c   Santosham, Mathuram ^b  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; India; Pneumonia; Severe pneumonia; Supplementation; Treatment; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; ZINC SULFATE; OXYGEN; ZINC;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT; LETHARGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TACHYPNEA; BLOOD; BREATHING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEAT; INDIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TIME;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEAT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; OXYGEN; PLACEBOS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 33745123325     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.5.1089     Document Type: Article

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