Source: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/758308
From Medscape Medical News
Zinc Decreases Mortality in Children With Pneumonia
Emma Hitt, PhD
February 8, 2012 ? In a study conducted in Africa, children aged 6 to 59 months who had severe pneumonia had reduced mortality when receiving zinc in addition to standard antibiotics, a new study has found. In addition, the reduction in mortality was greater among HIV-infected than non-HIV-infected children.
Maheswari G. Srinivasan, from the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, and colleagues reported the findings in an article published online February 8 in BMC Medicine...
From Medscape Medical News
Zinc Decreases Mortality in Children With Pneumonia
Emma Hitt, PhD
February 8, 2012 ? In a study conducted in Africa, children aged 6 to 59 months who had severe pneumonia had reduced mortality when receiving zinc in addition to standard antibiotics, a new study has found. In addition, the reduction in mortality was greater among HIV-infected than non-HIV-infected children.
Maheswari G. Srinivasan, from the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, and colleagues reported the findings in an article published online February 8 in BMC Medicine...
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