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Acute diarrhea and pneumonia are the two largest killers of under-five children in the world. Zinc, used in management of acute diarrhea and Amoxicillin, used in community acquired pneumonia, feature in the list of 13 Life Saving Commodities for Women's and Children Health by the UN Commission. Zinc
Mild diarrhea of poorly documented volume is common early in the course of Legionella infection. We report massive diarrhea of 1.8 to 3 liters per day in a patient with pneumonia in whom Legionella micdadei was isolated from pleural fluid and infection was confirmed serologically. The large volume
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the clinical effect of Saccharomyces boulardii powder combined with azithromycin sequential therapy in the treatment of children with diarrhea secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia.
METHODS
A total of 88 children with diarrhea secondary to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
A population-based case-control study was carried out to identify determinant factors for post-neonatal infant deaths due to diarrhea, pneumonia, and malnutrition in Greater Metropolitan Belo Horizonte, Southeast Brazil. From May 1, 1991, to April 30, 1992, 511 post-neonatal deaths due to diarrhea,
In India, frontline workers (FLWs) - public accredited social health activists (ASHAs) and private rural medical providers (RMPs) - are important for early detection and treatment of childhood diarrhea and pneumonia. This cross-sectional study aims to measure knowledge and skills, and BACKGROUND
Pneumonia and diarrhea are leading causes of death for children under five (U5). It is challenging to estimate the total number of deaths and cause-specific mortality fractions. Two major efforts, one led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and the other led by the
OBJECTIVE
To observe the effects of Xingpi Yang'er Granule (XYG) on serum gastrin (GAS), plasma motilin (MOT), and somatostatin (SS) in children patients with pneumonia induced diarrhea.
METHODS
Recruited were 120 children inpatients with pneumonia induced diarrhea at the Department of Pediatrics,
Background: Oshikhandass is a rural village in northern Pakistan where a 1989-1991 verbal autopsy study showed that diarrhea and pneumonia were the top causes of under-5 mortality. Intensive surveillance, active community health education and child health
OBJECTIVE
We identified barriers to care seeking for pneumonia and diarrhea among rural Guatemalan children.
METHODS
A population-based survey was conducted twice from 2008 to 2009 among 1605 households with children younger than 5 years. A 14-day calendar recorded episodes of carer-reported
We compared clinical presentation and outcome of 225 children with severe pneumonia between those with and those without diarrhea. Having diarrhea was associated with metabolic acidosis (P < 0.001) and hypocalcemia (P = 0.002) on presentation, and with a fatal outcome: 20/113 (20%) died with
Diarrhea and pneumonia are the 2 main causes of death in children under 5 y of age. Short courses of zinc administration are now recommended for treatment of childhood diarrhea and some studies have also shown its beneficial effect on treatment of pneumonia. The objective of our study was to assess
A prospective study was undertaken from April 1988 to April 1989, to assess the diarrheal and respiratory complications of measles. Standard definitions were used for the cases, Measles Associated Diarrhea (MAD) and Measles Related Pneumonia (MRP). Children with diarrhea not related to measles were
Equitable access to vaccines has been suggested as a priority for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, it is unclear whether providing equitable access is enough to ensure health equity. Furthermore, disaggregated data on health outcomes and benefits gained across population subgroups
BACKGROUND
Hypoxemia is a grave sequel of pneumonia, and an important predictor of a fatal outcome. Pneumonia in the neonatal period is often associated with lack of breast feeding. However, there is no published report on the impact of the cessation of breast feeding in the neonatal period on the
We compared the socio-demographic and clinical outcomes as predictors in severely ill hospitalized under-five diarrheal children with and without pneumonia. We studied 496 under-five children with diarrhea admitted to the Special Care Ward (SCW) of Dhaka Hospital of International Center for