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Anemia is a great public health problem affecting both developing and developed countries. It is considered the most prevalent form of malnutrition in children and adolescents.
Supplementation with standard iron therapy is the main treatment of iron deficiency anemia.
There are two types of iron
Infectious diarrhea caused by invasive bacteria (Shigella, Salmonella, Campylobacter) or a cytotoxic organism result ting in mucosal histologic damage and inflammation (Entamoeba histolytica). (Hedberg etal., 1994)
Giardia lamblia Transmission is via the faecal oral route or via ingestion of
Design: a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial in parallel groups.
This study will enrol subjects of both sexes aged from 6 months to 6 years who are admitted to hospital within 48 h of the onset of acute intestinal infection (AII), presumably of viral aetiology.
Screening and Consent - Index cases:
1. Hospitalized patient with the diagnosis of severe CDAD
2. At screening visit the study investigator(s) will explain the study in detail, answer any questions the candidate may have, and give the candidate a consent form to read and sign.
3. After signing the
I. Background Information and Literature:
2,3-dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonate (DMPS) is a chelating agent that has been used for years in Europe for treatment of poisoning by metals such as mercury, arsenic, and lead. It is a water soluble analog of dimercaptopropanol (British anti-Lewisite, or BAL),
Globally, diarrhoea still accounts for 1.6 to 2.5 million deaths annually, and children in the developing world experience an average of 3 episodes of diarrhoea each year. Despite the decline in diarrhoeal mortality, it remains a leading cause of childhood morbidity and deaths [1]. Prevention of
1. HYPOTHESIS AND STUDY OBJECTIVES
1.1. HYPOTHESIS
Ingestion of bovine colostrum powder (BCP) from cows immunized to insulin will improve non alcoholic steatohepatitis and the metabolic syndrome in patients suffering from these conditions
1.2. PRIMARY OBJECTIVES
1.2.1 To determine the efficacy of
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
A total of 182 evaluable patients (those with a positive stool culture for V. cholerae O1 or V. cholerae O139 and remain in the study for full 5 days) will be required for this study.
Patients who meet the initial entry criteria will be admitted into the study ward of the ICDDR,B, weighed