Should vitamin A be given routinely to children with pneumonia unrelated to measles? Evidence Update, Child Health Series, May 2006.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2006

• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Health

Abstract

Each Evidence Update is a 2-page summary of a Cochrane Review of healthcare interventions relevant to people in low-income and middle-income countries.

This Evidence Update is 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.

There is not enough evidence to use vitamin A routinely in children with pneumonia unrelated to measles.

Citation

Effective Health Care Research Programme Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, pp.2

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Should vitamin A be given routinely to children with pneumonia unrelated to measles? Evidence Update, Child Health Series, May 2006.

Published 1 January 2006