Should vitamin A be given routinely to children with pneumonia unrelated to measles? Evidence Update, Child Health Series, June 2010.

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2010

• 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 recommend routine vitamin A in children with pneumonia unrelated to measles.

Citation

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

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Should vitamin A be given routinely to children with pneumonia unrelated to measles? Evidence Update, Child Health Series, June 2010.

Published 1 January 2010