Efficacy of partially hydrolyzed guar gum-added oral rehydration solution in the treatment of severe cholera in adults

Digestion

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-29

  Alam, N H ^a,e   Ashraf, H ^a   Sarker, S A ^a   Olesen, M ^b   Troup, J ^b   Salam, M A ^a   Gyr, N ^c   Meier, R ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Novartis Consumer Health   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Kantonsspital Liestal   (Switzerland)

^e ICDDRB Clinical Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cholera; Guar gum; Oral rehydration solution; Partially hydrolyzed guar gum; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

GUAR GUM; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FECES; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CHOLERA; DIARRHEA; FECES; FLUID THERAPY; GALACTANS; HUMANS; MALE; MANNANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT GUMS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50649101467     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000152844     Document Type: Article

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