Aetiological agents of diarrhoea in infancy and early childhood.

Relationship between breast feeding in infancy with blood pressure in early

Introduction: Recent studies have shown that breast feeding reduces blood pressure (BP) in childhood, but association of breast feeding and BP in adulthood is not clear. The aim of this study was to evaluate association between breast feeding in infancy with BP in early adult life. Methods: This cross-sectional study was done through random sampling on 384 students aged 18-32 years in Azad un...

Association of diarrhoea in childhood with blood pressure and coronary heart disease in older age: analyses of two UK cohort studies.

BACKGROUND There is a suggestion that acute dehydration in childhood may lead to elevated blood pressure. We examined if episodes of diarrhoea in childhood, a recognized proxy for acute dehydration, were related to measured blood pressure and coronary heart disease in older adults. METHODS Data were pooled from two prospective UK cohort studies (participants born 1920-39) in which episodes of...

Early childhood diarrhoea and helminthiases associate with long-term linear growth faltering.

BACKGROUND Although the acute mortality from diarrhoeal diseases is well recognized, the potentially prolonged impact of early childhood diarrhoea on background growth and development is often overlooked. To examine the magnitude and duration of the association of early childhood enteric infections with growth faltering in later childhood, we investigated associations of early childhood diarrho...

Protracted diarrhoea in infancy.

Age specific aetiological agents of diarrhoea in hospitalized children aged less than five years in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

BACKGROUND This study aimed to determine the age-specific aetiologic agents of diarrhoea in children aged less than five years. The study also assessed the efficacy of the empiric treatment of childhood diarrhoea using Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines. METHODS This study included 280 children aged less than 5 years, admitted with diarrhoea to any of the four major ...