Papers/PMID:18184631
Zinc supplementation in children with cholera in Bangladesh: randomised controlled trial.
BMJ (Clinical research ed.)2008The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint
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Zn(2+) — decreases diarrhoea duration
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Findingreplicated ×3“Zinc supplemented patients had 12% shorter duration of diarrhoea than control patients (64.1 v 72.8 h, P=0.028) and 11% less stool output (1.6 v 1.8 kg/day, P=0.039).”
Quoted verbatim from Zinc supplementation in children with cholera in Bangladesh: randomised controlled trial.. - Study
- RCT
- Dose
- 30 mg elemental zinc per day until recovery
- Population
- Children aged 3-14 years with cholera at Dhaka Hospital, Bangladesh, all given erythromycin for three days in both arms
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