saccharomyces boulardii and Reduced Duration of Diarrhea

• Saccharomyces boulardii in acute childhood diarrhoea: a randomized, placebo‐controlled study

  • 2007-03-22
  • RCT
  • Acta Paediatrica 96(4)
  • • Gladys Villarruel
    • Daniel Rubio
    • F. Lopez
    • Julio Cintioni
    • Rubén Gurevech
    • G. Romero
    • Y. Vandenplas

  • PubMed: 17306006
  • DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00191.x

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  • Reduced Duration of Diarrhea

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  The mean duration of diarrhoea was 6.16 days (range 2-13 days) in the placebo group and 4.70 days (range 2-10 days) in the S. boulardii group (p<0.05).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes