Zinc as an adjunct treatment for reducing case fatality due to clinical severe infection in young infants: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: An estimated 2.7 of the 5.9 million deaths in children under 5 years of age occur in the neonatal period. Severe infections contribute to almost a quarter of these deaths. Mortality due to severe infections in developing country settings is substantial despite antibiotic therapy. Effecti...

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Autores principales: Wadhwa, Nitya, Basnet, Sudha, Natchu, Uma Chandra Mouli, Shrestha, Laxman P., Bhatnagar, Shinjini, Sommerfelt, Halvor, Strand, Tor A., Ramji, Siddarth, Aggarwal, K. C., Chellani, Harish, Govil, Anuradha, Jajoo, Mamta, Mathur, N. B., Bhatt, Meenakshi, Mohta, Anup, Ansari, Imran, Basnet, Srijana, Chapagain, Ram H., Shah, Ganesh P., Shrestha, Binod M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5504606/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28693558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40360-017-0162-5

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