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Racecadotril for the treatment of severe acute watery diarrhoea in children admitted to a tertiary hospital in Kenya

BACKGROUND: Diarrhoea is the second most common cause of death in children under 5 years of age in Kenya. It is usually treated with oral rehydration, zinc and continued feeding. Racecadotril has been in use for over 2 decades; however, there is a paucity of data regarding its efficacy from Africa....

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Autores principales: Gharial, Jaspreet, Laving, Ahmed, Were, Fred
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5253457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28123772
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2016-000124