A randomized controlled trial of the effect of zinc as adjuvant therapy in children 2-35 mo of age with severe or nonsevere pneumonia in Bhaktapur, Nepal

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1667-1674

  Valentiner Branth, Palle ^a   Shrestha, Prakash S ^b   Chandyo, Ram K ^b   Mathisen, Maria ^c   Basnet, Sudha ^b   Bhandari, Nita ^d   Adhikari, Ramesh K ^b   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^c,e   Strand, Tor A ^c,f  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d SOCIETY FOR APPLIED STUDIES   (India)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^f Sykehuset Innlandet Lillehammer ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IRON; PENICILLIN G; PLACEBO; SALBUTAMOL; ZINC;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOOD REGURGITATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPAL; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; WHEEZING; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEPAL; OXIMETRY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; ZINC;

EID: 77953060149     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28907     Document Type: Article

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