Oral refeeding following acute gastro-enteritis: a clinical trial using four refeeding regimes

Abstract

A clinical trial using four different oral refeeding regimes was conducted in 100 patients following acute gastro-enteritis. There was no difference in terms of the diarrhoea-relapse rates among the four groups of patients. However, a better weight gain was recorded in the groups using a lactose-free soy formula and a low-lactose low-fat cow's milk formula.

I, 5. Treatment of viral gastroenteritis

“…This practice was derived from the observation that stooling is increased immediately after a feeding. Recently, a number of studies in developing and developed countries have shown that the duration and nutritional impact of acute gastroenteritis is reduced by offering a reasonable age appropriate diet as soon as rehydration is complete (Hjelt et al, 1989;Quak et al, 1989). Breastfed infants are nursed throughout the rehydration period.…”

Use of soy-protein formulas and soyfood for feeding infants and children in Asia

“…The average duration of hospitalization was not significantly different between the 2 groups. Quak et al (6) assessed the use of soy formulas during refeeding after acute gastroenteritis. They noted that the 25 pediatric patients fed with full-strength soy formulas recovered more rapidly and gained weight, whereas those fed with cow-milk formulas had more relapses of watery diarrhea.…”