A rice based diet with green banana or pectin reduced diarrhoea in infants better than a rice alone diet

(2001) Gastroenterology 121, 554. Rabbani GH, Teka T, Zaman B . , et al. . Clinical studies in persistent diarrhea: dietary management with green banana or pectin in Bangladeshi children. . Sep; . : . –60 . [OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3][Web of Science][4] QUESTION: In Bangladeshi infants with persistent diarrhoea, is a rice based diet with green banana or pectin more effective than a rice alone diet in reducing diarrhoea? 7 day randomised {allocation concealed*}†, blinded (clinicians, patients, outcome assessors, and statisticians),* controlled trial. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 62 boys who were 5 to 12 months of age (mean age 8.7 mo) with a history of loose stools (> 3/d) for ≥ 14 consecutive days; absence of concurrent illness, severe infection, or severe malnutrition; no receipt of antimicrobial or antidiarrhoeal agents within 7 days; and ability to take oral feed. All patients completed the study. Patients were allocated to a rice based banana (250 g/l of cooked, green bananas) (n=22), rice based pectin (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DGastroenterology%26rft.stitle%253DGastroenterology%26rft.aulast%253DRABBANI%26rft.auinit1%253DG.%2BH.%26rft.volume%253D121%26rft.issue%253D3%26rft.spage%253D554%26rft.epage%253D560%26rft.atitle%253DClinical%2BStudies%2Bin%2BPersistent%2BDiarrhea%253A%2BDietary%2BManagement%2BWith%2BGreen%2BBanana%2Bor%2BPectin%2Bin%2BBangladeshi%2BChildren%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1053%252Fgast.2001.27178%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F11522739%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1053/gast.2001.27178&link_type=DOI [3]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=11522739&link_type=MED&atom=%2Febmed%2F7%2F2%2F55.atom [4]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=000170750800009&link_type=ISI