Dietary Management Of Acute Children Diarrhea

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of different dietary on the severity, duration and nutritional outcome of acute children diarrhea, which investigated the effect of fermented formula compared with full-strength milk, the effect of lactose-free formula and dietary fiber on acute children diarrhea. This study was designed to provide the best available choice for feeding of the children, offer evidence for pediatrician to improve the dietary clinical guidelines.Methods: We searched the potentially related original studies all over the world, and only randomized control trials (RCTs) were included. Nine databases were electronically searched, correlative websites, such as 'google', and seven journals were searched by hand. The studies included in the references of eligible studies were additionally searched. At least two reviewers independently screened the studies for eligibility, evaluated the quality and extracted the data from the eligible studies, with confirmation of cross-check. Different opinions would be decided by the third party. Meta-analysis was done by Revman 4.2.8. After heterogeneity test was done (a=0,10), data without heterogeneity could be pooled using fixed effect model, and those with heterogeneity could be solved by sensitivity analysis, subgroup analysis or randomized effect model. Results: Three original trials (n=387) compared fermented infant formula...