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Query: UMLS:C0017160 (
gastroenteritis
)
11,398
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
ORS has led to improved outcome of acute
gastroenteritis
in both industrialised and developing countries. In both settings there is an increasing demand for active therapy to reduce the duration of diarrhoea and its complications. Persistent diarrhoea is a major consequence of intestinal infections and is responsible for a high number of deaths in poor countries. Bismuth subsalicylate has been used for treatment of acute diarrhoea, with preliminary promising results. In this issue of Acta Paediatrica, a trial with
BSS
is essential. However the results were marginal and did not justify a mass scale use of
BSS
, also because of poor cost efficacy rate.
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PMID:Which place for bismuth subsalicylate in the treatment of enteric infections? 1144 90
