Should vitamin A be given routinely to children with pneumonia unrelated to measles? Evidence update - Summary of a Cochrane Review

Effective Health Care Research Consortium (2010) Should vitamin A be given routinely to children with pneumonia unrelated to measles? Evidence update - Summary of a Cochrane Review. Liverpool, Effective Health Care Research Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

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Abstract

There is not enough evidence to recommend routine vitamin A in children with pneumonia unrelated to measles.

Item Type:	Other
Corporate Authors:	Effective Health Care Research Consortium
Additional Information:	Produced by the Effective Health Care Research Consortium (www.liv.ac.uk/evidence), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, supported by the Department for International Development UK. Adapted from Ni J, Wei J, Wu T. Vitamin A for non-measles pneumonia in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD003700. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003700.pub2 [New search July 2007] Evidence Update published in June 2010 (update of Evidence Update published in May 2006).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cochrane Review CD003700, Vitamin A, Pneumonia, Measles, Evidence Update
Subjects:	WA Public Health > WA 20.5 Research (General) WC Communicable Diseases > Virus Diseases > Infectious Viral Skin Diseases > WC 580 Measles WF Respiratory System > WF 140 Diseases of the respiratory system (General)
Faculty: Department:	Groups (2002 - 2012) > International Health Group
Related URLs:	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/o/cochran... http://www.liv.ac.uk/evidence
Depositing User:	Faye Moody
Date Deposited:	02 Sep 2010 15:12
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2018 13:01
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/1323

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