TY - JOUR T1 - A rice based diet with green banana or pectin reduced diarrhoea in infants better than a rice alone diet JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 55 LP - 55 DO - 10.1136/ebm.7.2.55 VL - 7 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2002/03/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/7/2/55.abstract N2 - (2001) Gastroenterology 121, 554. Rabbani GH, Teka T, Zaman B. , et al. . Clinical studies in persistent diarrhea: dietary management with green banana or pectin in Bangladeshi children.. Sep;. :. –60.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
 
 QUESTION: In Bangladeshi infants with persistent diarrhoea, is a rice based diet with green banana or pectin more effective than a rice alone diet in reducing diarrhoea? 7 day randomised {allocation concealed*}†, blinded (clinicians, patients, outcome assessors, and statisticians),* controlled trial. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research in Dhaka, Bangladesh. 62 boys who were 5 to 12 months of age (mean age 8.7 mo) with a history of loose stools (> 3/d) for ≥ 14 consecutive days; absence of concurrent illness, severe infection, or severe malnutrition; no receipt of antimicrobial or antidiarrhoeal agents within 7 days; and ability to take oral feed. All patients completed the study. Patients were allocated to a rice based banana (250 g/l of cooked, green bananas) (n=22), rice based pectin (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, … ER -