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Monday, 06 February 2012
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Vitamin A supplementation endorsed by meta-analysis.
Deaths from infectious disease are rare in high income countries. However, in middle and low income countries millions of children die every year from infectious diseases such as diarrhoea. A large meta-analysis published in the BMJ provides robust evidence for the use of Vitamin A supplementation to reduce these deaths.
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NICE publish gastroenteritis guideline.
NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) publish Clinical Guideline Number 84 - "Diarrhoea and vomiting in children". Diarrhoea and vomiting caused by gastroenteritis is an extremely common condition seen in paediatric practice.  Approximately 10% of children younger than 5 years present to healthcare services with gastroenteritis each year so this new guideline is likely to prove useful.
 
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