Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Reduced Hospitalization Duration

• Systematic review with meta-analysis: Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG for treating acute gastroenteritis in children - a 2019 update.

  • 2019-04-25
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 4,208
  • Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics 49(11)
  • • Hania Szajewska
    • Maciej Kołodziej
    • Dorota Gieruszczak-Białek
    • Agata Skórka
    • Marek Ruszczyński
    • Raanan Shamir

  • PubMed: 31025399
  • DOI: 10.1111/apt.15267

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  • Reduced Hospitalization Duration

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  L rhamnosus GG use was associated with a reduced duration of hospitalisation.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes