Plasma zinc level during acute gastroenteritis
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Methods The first aim of the study was to determine the plasma zinc level on admission in the hospital and 10 days after the recovery from acute gastroenteritis, in children aged 03 years, from the region of Bihor, Romania. Second aim of the study was to analysis the plasma zinc level according to the etiology of gastroenteritis. Zinc sulfate (10-20 mg daily, according to age) was given to the patients in the study group, for 10 days. The colorimetric method with Br-PAPS final point (CV% 0.98%-4.64%) was used for the determination of the zinc level. The program IBM SPSS statistics version 22 was used for analysis of the data.
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