Acute diarrhoea in children.

Antidiarrhoeal drugs for acute diarrhoea in children.

Zinc supplementation in children with acute diarrhoea.

BACKGROUND In Nigeria, diarrhoeal disease is second only to malaria as a cause of death the under 5 age group. This study was aimed at assessing the benefit or otherwise of zinc supplement in acute diarrhoea. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This was a multi-centred randomized double blind controlled study. Children with acute diarrhoea aged between 6 and 24 months were randomized into zinc supplemented ...

2. Acute infectious diarrhoea and dehydration in children.

Gastroenteritis in children is still a common reason for consulting a general practitioner and for hospital admission. Rotavirus is the most common cause of gastroenteritis in children and accounts for half of all hospital admissions for severe acute infectious diarrhoea. Most children with gastroenteritis do not develop dehydration and can be treated at home. Children with mild to moderate deh...

Urinary retinol excretion in children with acute watery diarrhoea.

Children with diarrhoea due to rotavirus infection excrete retinol in urine. This study aimed at demonstrating the extent and mechanism of urinary retinol excretion in children with acute watery diarrhoea caused by pathogens other than rotavirus. Thirty-two children, aged five months to five years, hospitalized with watery diarrhoea predominantly due to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in Bangl...

Effects of Saccharomyces boulardii in children with acute diarrhoea.

AIM Certain probiotic agents, e.g. Lactobacillus GG, have shown efficacy in clinical trials for the treatment of acute childhood diarrhoea, but few studies have examined the effect of Saccharomyces boulardii. We evaluated the effect of S. boulardii in children with acute diarrhoea. METHODS Two hundred children were randomized to receive S. boulardii in a granulated form in a daily dose of 250...