Clinical Focus ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 106-113.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-583X.2022.02.002

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Zinc adjuvant in treatment of rotavirus enteritis in children and how to effect on short-term recurrence: a Meta analysis

Zhou Yao, Wei Botao()   

  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Tianjin Children’s Hospital (Tianjin University Children’s Hospital), Tianjin 300074, China
  • Received:2021-10-08 Online:2022-02-20 Published:2022-03-04
  • Contact: Wei Botao E-mail:weibotao2000@163.com

Abstract:

Objective To evaluate the efficacy of zinc adjuvant in treatment of rotavirus enteritis in children and how to effect on the recurrence of short-term diarrhea.Methods Literatures on zinc adjuvant treatment of rotavirus enteritis in children were retrieved in the CNKI database, VIP database, WanFang database, Chinese biomedical literature database, as well as PubMed database, Web of Science and Cochrane Library. The data were extracted and evaluated by Review Manager 5.4 and Stata 15.1 software.Results In 15 eligible literatures involved a total of 1793 children (882 in the experimental group and 911 in the control group). Meta-analysis results demonstrated increased total effective rate of zinc adjuvant on rotavirus enteritis in children when treatment group vs control group (RR=1.19, 95%CI[1.15, 1.24], P<0.01); zinc adjuvant reduced the duration of fever (MD=-1.27, 95%CI[-1.54, -0.99], P<0.01), the duration of vomiting (MD=-1.28, 95%CI[-1.70, -0.83], P<0.01), and the duration of the diarrhea (MD=-1.16, 95%CI[-1.51, -0.81], P<0.01) in children with rotavirus enteritis; It also reduced the recurrence rate of short-term diarrhea in children with rotavirus enteritis (RR=0.27, 95%CI[0.19, 0.40], P<0.01).Conclusion Zinc adjuvant on rotavirus enteritis in children is significantly effective, which is capable of reducing the recurrence rate of short-term diarrhea in patients, worthy clinical promotion.

Key words: rotavirus enteritis, zinc, Meta-analysis, recurrence

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