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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2023

Probiotic

Muhammed Majeed, Kalyanam Nagabhushanam, Sivakumar Arumugam, Nagarjuna Chadalavada, Jyotsna Seepana, Thumjaa Annamalai, Avinash Murali, Priji Prakasan, Lakshmi Mundkur

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhammed MajeedResearch and Development, Sami-Sabinsa Group Limited, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore, India.
Kalyanam NagabhushanamResearch and Development, Sabinsa Corporation, East Windsor, NJ, United States.
Sivakumar ArumugamResearch and Development, Sami-Sabinsa Group Limited, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore, India.
Nagarjuna ChadalavadaDepartment of Pediatrics, Aditya Multispeciality Hospital, Guntur, India.
Jyotsna SeepanaDepartment of Pediatrics, Government Medical College and Government General Hospital (old RIMSGGH), Srikakulam, India.
Thumjaa AnnamalaiDepartment of Pediatrics, Aarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital (AVMCH), Pondicherry, India.
Avinash MuraliResearch and Development, Sami-Sabinsa Group Limited, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore, India.
Priji PrakasanResearch and Development, Sami-Sabinsa Group Limited, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore, India.
Lakshmi MundkurResearch and Development, Sami-Sabinsa Group Limited, Peenya Industrial Area, Bangalore, India.
Sabin Vaccine Institute · USAarupadai Veedu Medical College & Hospital · INGovernment Medical College · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Acute diarrhea in children is generally managed by replacing the lost fluid with oral rehydration solution (ORS). Probiotic supplementation has been reported to reduce the severity of diarrhea. In the present study, we investigated the effect of Methods: A total of 110 children of ages between 1 and 10 were enrolled in a double-blind placebo-controlled study and were randomly allocated to receive Results: The mean age of the children was 5.55 ± 2.57 years (61 boys and 49 girls). The mean duration of diarrhea was 51.31 ± 20.99 h in the Conclusion: The results of the study suggest that Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier CTRI/2022/06/043239.

Indexed as

acute diarrheachildrendehydrationoral rehydration solutionprobioticsrandomized trialWeizmannia coagulans (Bacillus coagulans) MTCC 5856

Identifiers

PMID38269290
PMCPMC10806110
OpenAlexW4390699128

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