Persistent diarrhea is a severe gastroenteric disease with relatively high risk of pediatric mortality in developing countries. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of liquid-form Bacillus clausii spore probiotics (LiveSpo CLA...
Five hundred ninety two children (6.0%) were diagnosed as persistent diarrhea () out of a total attendance of 9795 cases in the Diarrhea Training and Treatment Unit (DTU) over a period of 1 year. Most of the cases were initially managed as outpatients on dietary advice and treatment of ass...
Persistent diarrhea was defined as diarrhea lasting at least 14 days. Dysentery was defined as observation of blood in stools during acute diarrhea by parents or physicians. “Some dehydration” was defined as the presence of two or more signs from as follows: restless, irritable condition; ...
Diagnosis and treatment of acute or persistent diarrhea. Gastroenterology. 2009;136:1874–86. Article CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Esteban Carretero J, Durbán Reguera F, López-Argüeta Alvarez S, López Montes J. A comparative analysis of response to vs. ORS + gelatin tannate ...
Fostamatinib for the treatment of adult persistent and chronic immune thrombocytopenia: Results of two phase 3, randomized, placebo‐controlled trials Bussel J, Arnold DM, Grossbard E, et al. Fostamatinib for the treatment of adult persistent and chronic immune thrombocytopenia: results of two phase...
COMMINUTED CHICKEN IN THE TREATMENT OF MALNOURISHED CHILDREN WITH PERSISTENT DIARRHEAPediatric Research publishes original papers, invited reviews, and commentaries on the etiologies of diseases of children and disorders of development, extending from molecular biology to epidemiology. Use of model organisms ...
Fever of 38ºC or higher in infants younger than 3 months or 39ºC or higher in children aged 3-36 months Visible blood in the stool High-output diarrhea Persistent emesis Signs of dehydration as reported by caregiver, including sunken eyes, decreased tears, dry mucous membranes, and...
During the 2-year study period a total of 1240 children 1 month to 12 years of age attended this DTU for treatment. 47.6% were infants and 58% came from rural areas. 87% of patients had acute watery diarrhea 10.4% had dysentery and 2.6% had persistent diarrhea. Diarrhea was most ...
Patients have more severe and persistent diarrhea Patients have additional debilitating diseases such asheartfailure, lung disease, and AIDS Stool examination and testing disclose parasites, more serious bacterial infections (for example,Shigella), orC. difficile ...
Research shows that chronic/persistent diarrheaoccurs in approximately3 percent of people traveling to developing countries (also known as traveler’s diarrhea). Acute diarrhea is usually easy to treat without medication or serious intervention.