Tag: Masern

Study: Measles Childhood mortality after a high dose of vitamin A in a high risk population. Daulaire NM; Starbuck ES; Houston RM; Church MS; Stukel TA; Pandey MR BMJ 1992 Jan 25;304(6821):207-10 OBJECTIVES–To determine whether a single high dose of vitamin A given to all children in communities with high mortality and malnutrition could affect […] More

Study: Measles A randomized, controlled trial of vitamin A in children with severe measles. Hussey GD; Klein M N Engl J Med 1990 Jul 19;323(3):160-4 BACKGROUND. Measles kills about 2 million children annually, and there is no specific therapy for the disease. It has been suggested that vitamin A may be of benefit in the […] More

Study: Measles Recommendations for vitamin A supplementation Ross DA J Nutr 2002 Sep;132(9 Suppl):2902S-2906S In all populations where vitamin A deficiency is an important public health problem, prophylactic vitamin A supplements should be given to all infants and young children (0-59 mo), pregnant women and postpartum women within 6 wk after delivery. The efficacy of […] More

Study: Measles Vitamin a supplementation of vitamin a deficient measles patients lowers the risk of measles-related pneumonia in zambian children. The Journal of Nutrition 2002 Dec;132(12):3700-3 Rosales FJ This is an a posteriori analysis of previously published data to assess whether improving vitamin A (VA) status resolves measles-related pneumonia (MP). Nonhospitalized acute measles patients (2 […] More

Study: Measles Vitamin A levels and severity of measles. American journal of diseases of children / AMA; VOL: 146 (2); p. 182-6 Frieden TR; Sowell AL; Henning KJ; Huff DL; Gunn RA Recent studies show that vitamin A levels decrease during measles and that vitamin A therapy can improve measles outcome in children in the […] More

Study: Measles Vitamin A supplementation enhances specific IgG antibody levels and total lymphocyte numbers while improving morbidity in measles. The Pediatric infectious disease journal; VOL: 11 (3); p. 203-9 Coutsoudis A; Kiepiela P; Coovadia HM; Broughton M The effect of vitamin A supplementation on selected factors of immunity was tested in African children (ages 4 […] More

Study: Measles Vitamin A for preventing secondary infections in children with measles–a systematic review. D’Souza RM; D’Souza R J Trop Pediatr 2002 Apr;48(2):72-7 The objective of the present study was to determine whether vitamin A prevents pneumonia, diarrhoea and other infections in children with measles. A meta-analysis was carried out of randomized controlled trials identified […] More

Study: Measles [Gunstige effecten van vitamine A bij mazeleninfectie.] de Meer K; Roord JJ Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2000 Feb 5;144(6):287-8 The recent measles epidemic that hit the Netherlands in 1999 resulted in numerous hospitalisations and several fatalities, and resembled the previous epidemic of 1987-1988 in numbers and severity. The triple (parotitis epidemica, measles, and rubella) […] More

Study: Measles Micronutriments et infections virales tropicales: un aspect du complexe pathogene en medecine tropicale. [Micronutrients and tropical viral infections: one aspect of pathogenic complexity in tropical medicine] Malvy D Med Trop (Mars) 1999;59(4 Pt 2):442-8 In tropical zones, uncertain living conditions, inadequate food intake, and poor medical facilities enhance unnecessary morbidity and mortality especially […] More

Study: Measles Routine high-dose vitamin A therapy for children hospitalized with measles. Hussey GD; Klein M J Trop Pediatr 1993 Dec;39(6):342-5 Measles is without specific therapy and remains important globally as a cause of childhood death. In controlled studies, high-dose vitamin A therapy (Hi-VAT)–with 400,000 IU vitamin A–has been demonstrated to markedly reduce measles-associated morbidity […] More