Effect of zinc supplementation on duration of hospitalization in tanzanian children presenting with acute pneumonia

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 104-111

  Fataki, Maulidi R ^a   Kisenge, Rodrick R ^a   Sudfeld, Christopher R ^b   Aboud, Said ^a   Okuma, James ^b   Mehta, Saurabh ^c   Spiegelman, Donna ^b   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Micronutrients; Pneumonia; Respiratory tract infections; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CITRIC ACID; CLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC SULFATE; ZINC SULFATE MONOHYDRATE;

ADD ON THERAPY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; EFFERVESCENT TABLET; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TANZANIA; TREATMENT DURATION; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC SUPPLEMENTATION;

CHILD; MICRONUTRIENTS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; ZINC;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 84897082973     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmt089     Document Type: Article

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