Probiotics and prebiotics for severe acute malnutrition (PRONUT study): a double-blind efficacy randomised controlled trial in Malawi

Summary Background Severe acute malnutrition affects 13 million children worldwide and causes 1–2 million deaths every year. Our aim was to assess the clinical and nutritional efficacy of a probiotic and prebiotic functional food for the treatment of severe acute malnutrition in a HIV-prevalent sett...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Lancet (British edition) 2009-07, Vol.374 (9684), p.136-144
Hauptverfasser:	Kerac, Marko, MRCPCH, Bunn, James, FRCPCH, Seal, Andrew, PhD, Thindwa, Mariam, Tomkins, Andrew, Prof, Sadler, Kate, PhD, Bahwere, Paluku, PhD, Collins, Steve, MD
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Bacteria Biological and medical sciences Child Nutrition Disorders - complications Child Nutrition Disorders - diagnosis Child Nutrition Disorders - mortality Child Nutrition Disorders - prevention & control Child, Preschool Children & youth Clinical trials Community Dietary Supplements Double-Blind Method Fatalities Female Functional foods & nutraceuticals General aspects HIV Seropositivity - complications HIV Seropositivity - diagnosis Hospitals Humans Immune system Infant Internal Medicine International standards Kaplan-Meier Estimate Kwashiorkor - complications Kwashiorkor - diagnosis Kwashiorkor - mortality Kwashiorkor - prevention & control Malawi - epidemiology Male Malnutrition Medical sciences Metabolic diseases Mortality Nutrition Assessment Nutritional Status Other nutritional diseases (malnutrition, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies...) Outpatient care facilities Probiotics Probiotics - therapeutic use Public health Respiratory function Severity of Illness Index Statistics, Nonparametric Studies Treatment Outcome Wasting Syndrome - complications Wasting Syndrome - diagnosis Wasting Syndrome - mortality Wasting Syndrome - prevention & control
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