Zinc Supplementation in Malnourished Children With Persistent Diarrhea in Pakistan

Bhutta, Zulfiqar Ahmed; Nizami, Shaikh Qamaruddin; Isani, Z

doi:10.1542/peds.103.4.e42

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“…79 The remaining five studies received funding from a combination of a commercial and an academic source (two studies 68,69,74,75 with academic sources either in the UK 68,69 or in South Africa 74,75 ), or an academic source and a government department (both in Kenya), 70 or an academic source and a charity (both based in the UK). 71,77 The age range of the children enrolled in each study varied.…”

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“…In three studies, 70,72,77 children ranged in age from a minimum of 1 year to a maximum of either 3 years, 70 5 years 72 or 7 years 77 (this study could be included because the mean age of participants was < 5 years of age). Six studies allowed for the inclusion of children under 1 year in age, with ages ranging from 6 months to about 2.5 years in one study, 71 6 months to 3 years in two studies, 68,69,79 and in three studies from either 6 months to 5 years, 74,75 5 months to 5 years 73 or 8 months to 2 years. 78 Only one study focused on children aged < 1 year.…”

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“…Thirteen trials [68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82] were included that investigated the efficacy of treatments for correcting micronutrient deficiencies in children with SAM. Any supplements or combinations of supplements were eligible for inclusion, providing other review inclusion criteria (e.g.…”

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“…Within this section, 10 trials [68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79] (12 publications Quantity and quality of research available: zinc A summary of the key characteristics of the 10 trials [68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78][79] can be seen in Table 51, with further details of the trials in Appendix 12. Three trials took place in Bangladesh, 68,69,73,77 two in India, 72,78 and one trial each in Pakistan, 79 Kenya, 70 Jamaica, 71 South Africa 74,75 and Chile. 76 Two studies were RCTs, 68,69,79 the remaining eight were CCTs [70][71][72][73][74][75][76]…”

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“…Three trials took place in Bangladesh, 68,69,73,77 two in India, 72,78 and one trial each in Pakistan, 79 Kenya, 70 Jamaica, 71 South Africa 74,75 and Chile. 76 Two studies were RCTs, 68,69,79 the remaining eight were CCTs [70][71][72][73][74][75][76][77][78] and all were conducted at a single centre. Three studies did not report on how the study was funded, 72,73,78 one study was funded by a commercial Children relapsed or died, n (%) 53 (10) 19 ( NR, not reported.…”

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The effectiveness of interventions to treat severe acute malnutrition in young children: a systematic review.

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