December 2008. Volume 4. Number 4

Some dietary therapies could alleviate symptoms of patients suffering from infantile colic

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Polo Martín P, Caballero Balanza S, Álvarez de Laviada T. Revisión sistemática: tratamiento nutricional del cólico del lactante (I). Acta Pediatr Esp. 2008;66:111-5.
Polo Martín P, Caballero Balanza S, Álvarez de Laviada T. Revisión sistemática: tratamiento nutricional del cólico del lactante (II). Acta Pediatr Esp. 2008;66:215-21
Reviewers: Perdikidis Olivieri L1, González de Dios J2.
1EAP Juncal. Torrejón de Ardoz. Madrid. España.
2Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. España.
Correspondence: Leo Perdikidis Olivieri. Email: lperdikidis@gmail.com
Reception date: 24/10/2008
Acceptance date: 30/10/2008
Publication date: 01/12/2008

Abstract

Authors' conclusions: the exclusion of cow milk proteins in infants fed with adapted milk, a restrictive hypoallergenic diet in the mother and the use of several herbal therapeutic products have proven to be moderately effective for the treatment of infant colic.

Reviewers' commentary: this systematic review provides a rigorous approach to the process of decision making of a frequent and transitory problem, in which the stress of the parents and commercial pressures do not always allow a judicious use of the multiple alternatives that are available to the paediatrician.

How to cite this article

Perdikidis L, Gonzalez de Dios J. En pacientes afectados de cólico del lactante, algunas terapias dietéticas podrían aliviar sus síntomas. Evid Pediatr. 2008;4:69.

AVC | Critically appraised articles

Polo Martín P, Caballero Balanza S, Álvarez de Laviada T. Revisión sistemática: tratamiento nutricional del cólico del lactante (I). Acta Pediatr Esp. 2008;66:111-5.
Polo Martín P, Caballero Balanza S, Álvarez de Laviada T. Revisión sistemática: tratamiento nutricional del cólico del lactante (II). Acta Pediatr Esp. 2008;66:215-21
Reviewers: Perdikidis Olivieri L1, González de Dios J2.
1EAP Juncal. Torrejón de Ardoz. Madrid. España.
2Departamento de Pediatría. Hospital General Universitario de Alicante. España.
Correspondence: Leo Perdikidis Olivieri. Email: lperdikidis@gmail.com
Reception date: 24/10/2008
Acceptance date: 30/10/2008
Publication date: 01/12/2008

How to cite this article

Perdikidis L, Gonzalez de Dios J. En pacientes afectados de cólico del lactante, algunas terapias dietéticas podrían aliviar sus síntomas. Evid Pediatr. 2008;4:69.

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