Diagnosis and treatment of severely malnourished children with diarrhoea

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 387-395

  Iannotti, Lora L ^a   Trehan, Indi ^a,b,c   Clitheroe, Kathryn L ^a   Manary, Mark J ^a,b,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; diarrhoea; GRADE review; ready to use therapeutic food; severely malnourished children; zinc

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; GLUTAMINE; NITAZOXANIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC;

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; CHILD; COMPLICATION; FLUID THERAPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84930395382     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12711     Document Type: Review

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