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Nutritional outcome of appropriate feeding during and after acute diarrhoea in children
- Source :
- Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 1:162-175
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO), 2021.
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Abstract
- A sample of 120 children with acute diarrhoea was divided into two equal study groups. There was no difference between groups in pre-intervention and post-intervention findings during the acute phase of diarrhoea. Upon discharge, Group A patients were supplied weekly with sufficient milk formula and cereal together with adequate nutritional advice while Group B patients were supplied with food or nutritional advice only if requested by the mothers. Forty nine patients from each group were followed each week for four weeks. Group B infants showed a higher incidence of recurrent diarrhoeal attacks and a significantly longer duration of recurrent diarrhoea than Group A infants. Moreover, Group A infants scored a significantly higher weight increment than Group B ones after four weeks of follow up
Details
- ISSN :
- 16871634 and 10203397
- Volume :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........cf0da4d150276b1f9f73b6f47b6d983c