To study the influence of high-lactose probiotic-containing formula on the course of acute diarrhea, an experiment using a randomized controlled clinical trial with patients having acute diarrhea for 3 days was conducted. One hundred patients were allocated into two groups that were comparable for age, sex, and nutritional status. The test group was administered high-lactose Bifidobacterium bif...

Diarrhea after bariatric procedures, mainly those with malabsorptive elements including Roux-Y Gastric Bypass and Biliopancreatic Diversion, is common and an essential determinant of quality of life and micro- and macronutrient deficiencies. Bariatric surgery is the only sustainably successful method to address morbid obesity and its comorbidities, particularly gaining more and more importance ...

Giardia intestinalis is a common gastrointestinal protozoan worldwide, but its effects on childhood growth in developing countries are not clearly understood. The authors aimed to describe its effects on child growth. They followed 220 Peruvian children daily for diarrhea, weekly for stool samples, and monthly for anthropometry. The authors modeled the effect of nutritional status on the risk o...

This study focused a diarrhea outbreak caused by rotavirus in a city of Piauí State aiming to identify the etiology, protocol of assistance to cases. A case series was carried out with 22 children assisted for acute diarrhea in 2006 in Health Units of Bom Jesus city. The data were collected by means of interviews utilizing forms that were with the help of the children's parents and analysis of ...

Mardani M1, Mohsenzadeh A2, Dehestani Ardakani Gh3, Birjandi M4 1. Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 3. GP, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences 4. Instructor, Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Health, Lor...

Objectives The appropriate strategy for enteral feeding in critically ill patients still remains controversial. Therefore, we conducted this meta-analysis to compare the effect of intermittent versus continuous method patients. Methods Electronic databases including PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane Library were searched up April 10th, 2023 randomized controlled trials evaluating primary out...

Background & Aim:Increasing the tendency in families for taking care of pets makes   people pay more attention to their disease especially the common ones. In   recent years the tendency to use of herbal drugs has increased in animals.   Herbal drugs are plants that one or some of their members have effective. We   supposed that the Elaeagnus angustifolia(oleaster)   p...