The effectiveness and safety of treatments used for acute diarrhea and acute gastroenteritis in children: Protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Florez, Ivan D ^a,b   Al Khalifah, Reem ^a,c   Sierra, Javier M ^b   Granados, Claudia M ^d   Yepes Nuñez, Juan J ^a,b   Cuello Garcia, Carlos ^a,e   Perez Gaxiola, Giordano ^e   Zea, Adriana M ^b   Hernandez, Gilma N ^b   Veroniki, Areti Angeliki ^f   Guyatt, Gordon H ^a   Thabane, Lehana ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^e Servicio de Hematología Y Oncología Hospital Pediátrico de Sinaloa Dr Rigoberto Aguilar Pico   (Mexico)

^f ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Diarrhea; Gastroenteritis; Lactose intolerance; Network meta analysis; Probiotics; Racecadotril; Smectite; Systematic review; Yogurt; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD NUTRITION; COMPLICATION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTIDIARRHEALS; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84956664321     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13643-016-0186-8     Document Type: Article

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