Role of Antidiarrhoeal Drugs as Adjunctive Therapies for Acute Diarrhoea in Children

Table 2

Stool output measured in two randomised, placebo-controlled studies of diosmectite for the treatment of acute diarrhoea in children. Data are presented in g/Kg body weight and according to rotavirus status.

	Peru study			Malaysia study
	Placebo	Diosmectite	𝑃	Placebo	Diosmectite	𝑃
Rotavirus positive	188±122	147±90	0.0386	185±192	92±103	0.0016
Rotavirus negative	90±52	98±69	0.4884	79±66	87±78	0.4338
All patients	119±93	102±66	0.0315	91±94	88±81	0.0071