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ArticleOpen access Macedonian journal of medical sciences2017

Serum Zinc Level and Its Correlation with Vesikari System Scoring in Acute Pediatric Diarrhea.

Ayman E Eskander, Lobna S Sherif, Mohammad Nabih, Nevine R El Baroudy, Ghobrial C Marcos, Ehsan A Badawy, Amira S El Refay

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Article in Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Ayman E EskanderDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Lobna S SherifDepartment of Child Health, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohammad NabihDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Nevine R El BaroudyDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ghobrial C MarcosDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ehsan A BadawyDepartment of Biochemistry, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Amira S El RefayDepartment of Child Health, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.
Cairo University · EGNational Research Centre · EG

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Abstract

backgroundDiarrhea remains the most common infectious disease worldwide. Zinc has been studied extensively recently for its potential effect on prevention, control and treatment of acute diarrhoea.

aimThis study was designed to correlate the level of zinc with the severity of pediatric diarrhoea estimated by Vesikari Scoring System. PATIENTS AND

methodsThe present study included 80 children aged two months to 30 months from those suffering from the acute diarrheal episode and admitted to Pediatric Hospital "Abo El Rish" Cairo University. Serum Zinc level was assessed by a colorimetric method with a spectrophotometer.

resultsZinc deficiency was detected in 45 (56.2%) patient of the studied group Significant negative correlations were found between serum zinc level and severity of dehydration and duration of hospitalization (p < 0.05).

conclusionZinc level has an essential role in acute pediatric diarrhoea. Zinc therapy should be considered beside Oral rehydration salts (ORS) to achieve maximum impact on diarrheal diseases; clinical trials are recommended to support the zinc supplementation in developing countries.

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Acute diarrhoeainfantsVesikari scorezinc deficiency

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