Vitamin A Supplementation in Post-measles Complications
- 1 October 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Tropical Pediatrics
- Vol. 40 (5) , 305-307
- https://doi.org/10.1093/tropej/40.5.305
Abstract
One-hundred-and-seventy-seven children with post-measles complications divided into two comparable groups were studied for the effect of Vit.A Supplementation. Eighty-nine children received Vit.A in doses of 200000 units daily on two consecutive days in addition to antibacterials and other supportive care and 88 did not reveice Vit.A. The case fatality rate was 16 per cent in those who received VIT. A, while the same was 32 per cent in those who did not receive Vit.A (P0.1).Keywords
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