Characteristics and outcomes of children 2-23 months of age with prolonged diarrhoea: A secondary analysis of data from the 'Antibiotics for Children with Diarrhea' trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Approximately 12% of all diarrhoeal episodes last for 7-13 days. As such, they are termed prolonged diarrhoea, and are associated with over two-thirds of all diarrhoeal deaths. Due to a lack of robust data, we aimed to evaluate a comparative background characteristics of young children with acute and prolonged diarrhoea, and their outcomes at day 90 follow-up.

Methods

We performed a secondary analysis of data from the Antibiotics for Children with Diarrhea (ABCD) trial. Children aged 2-23 months were enrolled between July 2017 and July 2019 from seven Asian and sub-Saharan African countries. For this analysis, we divide diarrhoea into two categories: acute diarrhoea (duration <7 days) and prolonged diarrhoea (duration ≥7-13 days). We used logistic regression to ob

SUBMITTER: Parvin I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11466500 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature