TY - JOUR T1 - Lactose avoidance shortens symptom duration for young children with acute diarrhoea JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 106 LP - 106 DO - 10.1136/eb-2013-101680 VL - 19 IS - 3 AU - Marialena Mouzaki AU - Peter Church Y1 - 2014/06/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/19/3/106.abstract N2 - Commentary on: MacGillivray S, Fahey T, McGuire W. Lactose avoidance for young children with acute diarrhoea. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013;10:CD005433. Acute gastroenteritis in young children is a global health problem accounting for 9% of emergency department visits and 4% of hospitalisations in the Western world.1 ,2 Secondary lactase deficiency may contribute to osmotic diarrhoea in the setting of infectious gastroenteritis; however, the scientific community has not yet reached a consensus regarding lactose avoidance in this setting. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the effects on mortality and symptom duration of minimising lactose in young children with acute diarrhoea. This review included randomised and quasi-randomised controlled studies performed in children over 5 years with acute … ER -