COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SACCHAROMYCES BOULARDII AND YOGURT FLUID IN ACUTE DIARRHEA

  • AMIR RASHID Potgraduate Medical Institute, Ameer ud Din Medical College, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore
  • RIZWAN MAHMOOD Potgraduate Medical Institute, Ameer ud Din Medical College, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore
  • USMAN RAFIQUE Potgraduate Medical Institute, Ameer ud Din Medical College, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore
  • AGHA SHABBIR ALI Potgraduate Medical Institute, Ameer ud Din Medical College, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51642/ppmj.v29i2.8
Keywords: Probiotics, Saccharomyces Boulardii, Diarrhea

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the role of Saccharomyces boulardii and yogurt fluid in acute diarrhea in children.

Material and Methods:  Duration of study was from 7th September, 2012 to 7th March, 2013 in the Department of Pediatrics, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore and it was a randomized controlled study.

Results: It was randomized controlled trial with sample size of 200 patients ranging from age 6 months to 2 years having diarrhea of less than 2 weeks. One hundred (group A) were treated with probiotic powder containing Saccharomyces Boulardii while one hundred (group B) were given Yogurt Fluid only. There was a difference of 1.91 days between these two groups (P = 0.001, table 4) and mean decrease in the frequency of Group A was 4.189±0.470 and for Group B was 2.39±0.527.

Conclusion: This study concludes that Saccharomyces boulardii is more beneficial in acute diarrheal infection in children.

Author Biographies

AMIR RASHID, Potgraduate Medical Institute, Ameer ud Din Medical College, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore

Department of Paediatric Medicine, Associate Professor

RIZWAN MAHMOOD, Potgraduate Medical Institute, Ameer ud Din Medical College, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore

Department of Paediatric Medicine

USMAN RAFIQUE, Potgraduate Medical Institute, Ameer ud Din Medical College, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore

Department of Paediatric Medicine

AGHA SHABBIR ALI, Potgraduate Medical Institute, Ameer ud Din Medical College, Lahore General Hospital, Lahore

Department of Paediatric Medicine, Professor of Paediatric Medicine. 

Published
2018-06-30
Issue
Vol 29 No 2 (2018): Postgraduate Medical Journal
Section
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