The effect of zinc sulfate on prevention of diarrhea
Phase 3
- Conditions
- on infective enteritis and colitis.Other noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis
- Registration Number
- IRCT2014100119354N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice Chancellor for Research Shahid Sadoghi University of Medical Science
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
age of 6 to 60 mo with otitis media
Exclution criteria: Severe Malnutrition; Using antibiotic in 2 recent week; Chronic illness; systemic disease that need to hospitalized; Severe dehydration; fluide intolerance; Using immunosuppressive drugs; Using drugs causing diarrhea or constipation; Using zinc supplement in two recent month; Parent who do not cooperate
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method umber of defecation in day. Timepoint: Third and seventh day of treatment. Method of measurement: Asking from mothers of patients.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Hospitalization. Timepoint: First day until seventh day of treatment. Method of measurement: Asking from mothers of patient.;Weight loss. Timepoint: Seventh day of treatment. Method of measurement: Weighting patient by resident.