What zinc supplementation does and does not achieve in diarrhea prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prevention of diarrhea has presented indomitable challenges. A preventive strategy that has received significant interest is zinc supplementation. Existing literature including quantitative meta-analyses and systematic reviews tend to show that zinc supplementation is beneficial however evidence to the contrary is augmenting. We therefore conducted an updated and comprehensive meta-analytical synthesis of the existing literature on the effect of zinc supplementation in prevention of diarrhea.

Methods

EMBASE®, MEDLINE ® and CINAHL® databases were searched for published reviews and meta-analyses on the use of zinc supplementation for the prevention childhood diarrhea. Additional RCTs published following the meta-analyses were also sought. Effect of zinc supplementat

SUBMITTER: Patel AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3115868 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature