EFFECTS OF HIGH-DOSE ORAL VITAMIN-A ON DIARRHEAL EPISODES AMONG CHILDREN WITH PERSISTENT DIARRHEA IN A NORTHEAST BRAZILIAN COMMUNITY

Authors
WALSER BL LIMA AAM GUERRANT RL
Citation
Bl. Walser et al., EFFECTS OF HIGH-DOSE ORAL VITAMIN-A ON DIARRHEAL EPISODES AMONG CHILDREN WITH PERSISTENT DIARRHEA IN A NORTHEAST BRAZILIAN COMMUNITY, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 54(6), 1996, pp. 582-585
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Tropical Medicine
Journal title
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029637
Volume
54
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
582 - 585
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9637(1996)54:6<582:EOHOVO>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The mean +/- SEM duration of diarrheal episodes decreased from 7.1 +/- 22 days to 4.3 +/- 0.9 days (P < 0.05) while the incidence of diarrhe al episodes remained steady (2.2 +/- 0.3; versus 2.4 +/- 0.5 episodes; P = not significant) between two three-month periods before and after the oral administration of a single large age-adjusted dose of vitami n A among children at historical risk fur persistent diarrhea in an im poverished Brazilian community.