STUDY DESIGN This is a randomized controlled clinical trial.
Subjects
Inclusion criteria:
1. History of acute watery diarrhoea of <72 hrs.
2. Either sex.
3. Age - 6m to 60 months
4. Some or severe dehydration.
5. Wt for Ht <70% of NCHS median: with or without edema.
6. Dark field examination
Study design: The study was a double blind randomised clinical trial using zinc and placebo using multivitamin base.Study subjects: Fifty six children of both sex aged between 12-59 months were studied in the study ward who attended the Dhaka Hospital of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease