Journal article
Smectite for acute infectious diarrhoea in children
Abstract
BACKGROUND: As mortality secondary to acute infectious diarrhoea has decreased worldwide, the focus shifts to adjuvant therapies to lessen the burden of disease. Smectite, a medicinal clay, could offer a complementary intervention to reduce the duration of diarrhoea.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the effects of smectite for treating acute infectious diarrhoea in children.
Authors
Pérez‐Gaxiola G; Cuello‐García CA; Florez ID; Pérez‐Pico VM
Journal
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Vol. 2018, No. 4,
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
10.1002/14651858.cd011526.pub2
ISSN
1361-6137