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Differentiation of osmotic and secretory diarrhoea by stool carbohydrate and osmolar gap measurements
(BMJ Publishing Group, 1997)
Clinical features and laboratory tests that determine carbohydrate in faeces were evaluated to determine which was best able to distinguish between osmotic and secretory diarrhoea in infants and children. For this purpose ...
Impact of a city-wide sanitation intervention in alarge urban centre on social,environmental and behavioural determinants of childhood diarrhoea:analysis of two cohort studies
(2008)
Background Poor socioeconomic status(SES)increases diarrhoea risk,mostly mediated by lack of sanitation, poor infra structure and living conditions. The effectiveness of a city-wide sanitation intervention on diarrhoea in ...
Recent diarrhoeal illness and risk of lower respiratory infections in children under the age of 5 years
(2009)
Background Children in low-income settings suffering from frequent diarrhoea episodes are also at a high risk of acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI). We explored whether this is due to common risk factors for both ...
Multi-country analysis of the effects of diarrhoea on childhood stunting
(2008-06-20)
Diarrhoea is an important cause of death and illness among children in developing countries; however, it remains controversial as to whether diarrhoea leads to stunting. We conducted a pooled analysis of nine studies that ...
Treatment of acute infantile diarrhoea with a commercial rice-based oral rehydration solution
(ICDDR B, 1995)
This randomized clinical trial compared the efficacy of an oral rehydration solution (ORS) formulated with commercial rice powder, 50 g/l, with that of a glucose-based WHO/UNICEF-recommended ORS in the management of 48 ...
Frailty modelling for clustered recurrent incidence of diarrhoea
(2008)
Recurrent incidence of infant diarrhoea is studied, using daily data collected in Salvador, Brazil, from 754 children over 455 days. Aalen's additive intensity model is taken as the basis of the modelling strategy and a ...
‘Entamoeba histolytica’ identified by stool microscopy from children with acute diarrhoea in Peru is not E. histolytica
(SAGE Publications, 2019)
Entamoeba histolytica is a rare but feared pathogen owing to its related morbidity and mortality. Physicians in an ambulatory clinic in Cusco noted frequent reports of E. histolytica diagnosed by microscopy. Other ...
Impact of drainage and sewerage on diarrhoea in poor urban areas in Salvador, Brazil
(2003)
A longitudinal prospective study of the effect of drainage and sewerage systems on diarrhoea in children aged < 5 years was conducted in 9 poor urban areas of the city of Salvador (population 2.44 million) in north-east ...
Diarrhoea and garbage disposal in Salvador, Brazil
(Elsevier, 2005-01)
The association of infantile diarrhoea with the presence of garbage in the environment was investigated in Canabrava, a peripheral neighbourhood of Salvador, northeast of Brazil. A cross-sectional study was conducted with ...
Effect of a lactose-free milk formula supplemented with bifidobacteria and streptococci on the recovery from acute diarrhoea Chinese Source
(2008)
Probiotics have been proposed for the management and prevention of acute diarrhoea in infants. A double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled study was carried out in 224 Chinese infants 6 to 36 months of age with severe ...