ORS containing zinc does not reduce duration or stool volume of acute diarrhea in hospitalized children

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 161-167

  Wadhwa, Nitya ^a   Natchu, Uma Chandra Mouli ^b   Sommerfelt, Halvor ^c   Strand, Tor A ^c   Kapoor, Vishal ^a   Saini, Savita ^a   Kainth, Udaypal S ^d   Bhatnagar, Shinjini ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

acute diarrhea; dehydration; oral rehydration solution; zinc

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; ZINC;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FECES; HUMAN; INDIAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GLUCONATES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZINC;

EID: 79961188690     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e318213ca55     Document Type: Article

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