Evaluation of a Diet Containing Probiotics and Zinc for the Treatment of Mild Diarrheal Illness in Children Younger Than One Year of Age
Raanan Shamir, MD,
Imad R. Makhoul, MD, DSc,
Amos Etzioni, MD and
Naim Shehadeh, MD
Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition (R.S.), Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL
Department of Neonatology (I.R.M.), Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL
Department of Pediatrics A (A.E., N.S.), Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL
Meyer Children’s Hospital of Haifa, Primary Pediatric Clinic, Tamra, Western Galilee (I.R.M., N.S.), Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine, Technion-Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL
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Fig. 1. Changes in % body weight in study groups. Changes in % body weight (base line referred to as zero for both groups) are presented for both groups as mean ± standard deviation. Children who recovered ceased to attend the Pediatric Clinic; therefore, of the supplemented group, there were 33 children on day 1, 27 on day 2, and 12 on day 3, and of the control group, there were 32 children on day 1, 30 on day 2, and 17 on day 3.
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Fig. 2. Number of stools per day in study groups. At base line, the number of stools per day was higher in the supplemented group (5.7 ± 2.6) than in the control group (5.0 ± 2.1, p = 0.14), and was similar on day 3 (2.6 ± 1.2 in the supplemented group, 2.9 ± 1.6 in the control group). Since children who recovered ceased to attend the Pediatric Clinic, in the supplemented group, there were 33 children on day 1, 27 on day 2, and 12 on day 3. In the control group there were 32 children on day 1, 30 on day 2, and 17 on day 3. Data are presented for both groups as Mean ± Standard Deviation.
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