Effects of rice powder salt solution and milk-rice mixture on acute watery diarrhea in young children

Effects of rice powder salt solution and milk-rice mixture on acute watery diarrhea in young children

A randomized pilot study was carried out to compare the safety and effectiveness of rice powder salt solution (RPSS) in combination with milk-rice mixture (RPSS-MR group, n = 17) with other two regimens, glucose-based oral rehydration solution (ORS) combined with MR (ORS-MR group, n = 17) and ORS co...

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Published in:Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 354 - 359
Main Authors: SIRIVICHAYAKUL, C, CHOKEJINDACHAI, W, VITHAYASAI, N, CHANTHAVANICH, P, PENGSAA, K, WISETSING, P, HARIKUL, S, RATHVUTH, H, SABCHAREON, A
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bangkok Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization, Regional Tropical Medicine and Public Health Network 01-06-2000
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Child, Preschool
Diarrhea - therapy
Fluid Therapy
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infant
Infant Food
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Milk
Oryza
Pilot Projects
Tropical medicine
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the digestive system
Thailand
Asia
Human
Treatment
Acute
Oral administration
Diarrhea
Digestive diseases
Intestinal disease
Infant
Powder
Solution
Rice
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Summary:A randomized pilot study was carried out to compare the safety and effectiveness of rice powder salt solution (RPSS) in combination with milk-rice mixture (RPSS-MR group, n = 17) with other two regimens, glucose-based oral rehydration solution (ORS) combined with MR (ORS-MR group, n = 17) and ORS combined with formula milk (ORS-milk group, n = 14) in the treatment of acute watery diarrhea with mild to moderate dehydration in 48 boys younger than 2 years. Results showed that in the first 24 hours patients in the RPSS-MR group had significantly smaller amounts of stool weight (32.7 g/kg) than those in the ORS-MR group (67.5 g/kg) and ORS-milk group (59.2 g/kg) (p< 0.05 for both measurements). Patients in the RPSS-MR group also had significantly shorter duration of diarrhea (29.6 hours) than the other two groups (43.8 hours and 49.6 hours, respectively) (p < 0.05 for both measurements). The stool weight and duration of diarrhea between the ORS-MR group and the ORS-milk group were not significantly different. The positive effect of milk rice mixture was not demonstrated in the study due to the significantly more severe diarrhea in the ORS-MR group. The effectiveness of the RPSS-MR is therefore likely due to mainly RPSS.
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ISSN:0125-1562