G. J. Fuchs

Publication List Details

Period

1995 - 2007

Number

87

Co-Authors

Intestinal transport of different electrolyte solutions across small intestine of rabbit in vivo (2007)

Islam, S., Rahman, A ., Fuchs, G.J., Chowdhury, A.K., Wahed, M.A., Rabbani, G.H.

Objective: Determine the relative effects of different electrolyte solutions in optimizing intestinal absorption of water and electrolytes. Methodology: The rice electrolyte solutions, called...

Efficacy of erythromycin, ampicillin, and tetracycline in the treatment of cholera in children (2007)

Roy, S.K., Islam, A., Ali, R., Islam, E., Khan, R.A., Ara, S.H., ...

Objectives: Compare the clinical outcome(s) of treatment of cholera in children with ampicillin, erythromycin, and tetracycline. Methodology: In a double-blind randomized 4-cell trial, 184 children...

Evaluation of Rice-based Reduced Osmolarity Oral Rehydration Solution in Children with Severe Persistent Diarrhoea (2007)

Sarkar, S.A., Alam, N.H., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Fuchs, G.J.

Objective: Evaluate and compare the efficacy of a standard (WHO) oral rehydration solution (ORS) and a rice-based reduced osmolarity ORS in children with severe persistent diarrhoea. Persistent...

Role of nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of shigellosis and cholera in children (2007)

Islam, Sufia, Fuchs, G.J., Chowdhury, A.K., Rahman, A., Miller, M., Rabbani, G.H.

Objective: Evaluate the role of nitric oxide in the pathogenesis of shigeltosis and cholera in children. Methodology: Concentrations of nitrite, a stable metabolite of nitric oxide (by Griess...

Potential invasive properties of vibrio cholerae O139 bengal in a rabbit model: a preliminary study (2007)

Khan, A.M., Bhattacharya, M.K., Rabbani, G.H., Fuchs, G.J.

Objective: Study the invasive properties of Vibrio cholerae 0139 Bengal. Methodology: Adult New Zealand white rabbits were used. Closed intestinal loops of 10-cm length, following appropriate...

Intensive nutrition education with or without supplementary feeding improves the nutritional status of moderately-malnourished children in Bangladesh (2007)

Roy, Swapan Kumar, Fuchs, G.J., Mahmud, Zeba, Ara, Gulshan, Islam, Sumaya, Shafique, Sohana, ...

This prospective randomized trial was carried out to test the efficacy of a specific intervention for reducing the extent of their malnutrition and to change behaviour of mothers relating to...

Low osmolar oral rehydration salts solution in the treatment of acute watery diarrhoea in neonates and young infants: a randomized, controlled clinical trial (2007)

Khan, A.M., Sarkar, Md. Shafiqul Alam, Alam, Md. Nur Haque, Hossain, M.S., Fuchs, G.J., Salam, Md. Abdus

To compare the efficacy and safety of low osmolar oral rehydration salts solution (ORS-75) (mmol/L: Na+ 75, osmolarity 245) with that of World Health Organization-recommended ORS (ORS-90) (mmol/L:...

Characterisitcs of Children Hospitalized with Severe Dehydration and Persistent Diarrhoea in Bangladesh (2007)

Alam, Md. Nur Haque, Faruque, A.S.G., Dewan, N., Sarker, Md. Shafiqul Alam, Fuchs, G.J.

The study analyzed data from a systematic sample of children, aged less than five years, who presented with persistent diarrhoea (diarrhoea of more than 14 days duration). It aims to differentiate...

Day-care Management of Children with Severe Malnutrition in an Urban Health Clinic in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2007)

Ashraf, H., Ahmed, T., Hossain, M. I., Alam, N. H., Mahmud, R., Kamal, S. M., ...

Management of severely malnourished children with associated complications relies on hospital-based treatment. Implementation of a standardized protocol at the Dhaka Hospital, ICDDR,B reduced case...

Zinc supplementation in the management of shigellosis in malnourished children in Bangladesh (2007)

Roy, S.K., Raqib, R ., Khatun, W., Chowdhury, R., Azim, T., Fuchs, G.J., ...

Objective: To assess the impact of zinc supplementation on clinical recovery, weight gain and subsequent growth and morbidity in moderately malnourished children with shigellosis. Design: A...

Immunization with the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in Bangladeshi infants and effects of zinc supplementation (2007)

Osendarp, S.J.M., Prabhakar, H., Fuchs, G.J., Mahmud, H., Tofail, F., ...

Background Zinc deficiency is known to impair immunologic functions. However, the effect of zinc supplementation on immune response to polysaccharide vaccines is not known. Objective To determine the...

Day-care Management of Children with Severe Malnutrition in an Urban Health Clinic in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2007)

Ashraf, H., Ahmed, T., Hossain, M. I., Alam, N. H., Mahmud, R., Kamal, S. M., ...

Management of severely malnourished children with associated complications relies on hospital-based treatment. Implementation of a standardized protocol at the Dhaka Hospital, ICDDR,B reduced case...

Intensive Nutrition Education with or without Supplementary Feeding Improves the Nutritional Status of Moderately-malnourished Children in Bangladesh (2006)

Roy, Dr. Swapan Kumar, G. J. Fuchs, Zeba Mahmud, Gulshan Ara, Sumaya Islam, Sohana Shafique, ...

This prospective randomized trial was carried out to test the efficacy of a specific intervention for reducing the extent of their malnutrition and to change behaviour of mothers relating to...

The effect of zinc supplementation during pregnancy on immune response to Hib and BCG vaccines in Bangladesh (2006)

Osendarp, S.J.M., Fuchs, G.J., Mahmud, H., Tofail, F., Black, R.E., ...

An essential role for zinc in development of the fetal immune system has been documented. However, the effect of antenatal zinc supplementation on infants' postnatal immune response to vaccinations...

Extended-Interval Gentamicin Administration in Malnourished Children (2006)

Khan, A. M., Ahmed, T., Alam, N. H., Chowdhury, A. K., Fuchs, G. J.

Malnourished children have several physiologic abnormalities that can affect drug distribution and elimination. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of a...

Intensive nutrition education with or without supplementary feeding improves the nutritional status of moderately-malnourished children in Bangladesh (2005)

Roy, S.K., Fuchs, G.J., Mahmud, Z., Ara, G., Islam, S., Shafique, S., ...

This prospective randomized trial was carried out to test the efficacy of a specific intervention for reducing the extent of their malnutrition and to change behaviour of mothers relating to...

Low Osmolar Oral Rehydration Salts Solution in the Treatment of Acute Watery Diarrhoea in Neonates and Young Infants: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial (2005)

A. M. Khan, Sarker, Dr. Md. Shafiqul Alam, Alam, Dr. Md. Nur Haque, M. S. Hossain, G. J. Fuchs, Salam, Dr. Md. Abdus

To compare the efficacy and safety of low osmolar oral rehydration salts solution (ORS-75) (mmol/L: Na+ 75, osmolarity 245) with that of World Health Organization-recommended ORS (ORS-90) (mmol/L:...

Extended-Interval Gentamicin Administration in Malnourished Children (2005)

Khan, A. M., Ahmed, T., Alam, N. H., Chowdhury, A. K., Fuchs, G. J.

Malnourished children have several physiologic abnormalities that can affect drug distribution and elimination. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of a...

Extended-Interval Gentamicin Administration in Malnourished Children (2005)

Khan, A. M., Ahmed, T., Alam, N. H., Chowdhury, A. K., Fuchs, G. J.

Malnourished children have several physiologic abnormalities that can affect drug distribution and elimination. The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetics of a...

Plesiomonas shigelloides-associated Diarrhoea in Bangladeshi Children: A Hospital-based Surveillance Study (2004)

Khan, A. M., Faruque, A. S. G., Hossain, M. S., Sattar, S., Fuchs, G. J., Salam, M. A.

Little is known about clinical and epidemiological features of Plesiomonas shigelloides-associated diarrhoea in children.We reviewed hospital-based surveillance records of 38 children with diarrhoea...

Persistent Diarrhoea: Associated Infection and Response to a Low Lactose Diet (2002)

Ashraf, H., Ahmed, S., Fuchs, G. J., Mahalanabis, D.

Children aged 4–23 months with persistent diarrhoea received a low lactose diet, multivitamins, minerals and antibiotics for infection. Sixty‐one (57 per cent) children improved with low...

Production of safe therapeutic feeds from contaminated water supplies (2001)

Roy, S.K., Seal, A.J., Tomkins, A.M., Shameen, T., Islam, M.S., Ahmed, T., ...

We have assessed the effectiveness of using an osmotic sachet for safe rehydration of therapeutic milk from contaminated water supplies in a poor urban area of Bangladesh. 35 women were given sachets...

Znic and Vitamin A interaction in children : effect on Vitamin A nutriture and morbidity [abstract] (2000)

Rahman, M.M., Wahed, M.A., Fuchs, G.J., Baqui, A.H., Vermund, S.H., Alvarez, J.O.

Nuptiality norms in rural Bangladesh favour birth during the teenage years. An appreciable proportion of teenage births are, in fact, second births. This study examines the relationship between...

Impact of zinc supplementation on subsequent growth and morbidity in Bangladeshi children with acute diarrhoea (1999)

Roy, S.K., Tomkins, A.M., Haider, R., Behren, R.H., Akramuzzaman, S.M., Mahalanabis, Dilip, ...

To assess the impact of zinc supplementation during acute diarrhoea on subsequent growth and morbidity in malnourished young children. DESIGN: Double blind randomized controlled clinical trial...

Efficacy and safety of oral rehydration solution with reduced osmolarity in adults with cholera: a randomised double-blind clinical trial. CHOICE study group (1999)

Alam, N.H., Majumder, R.N., Fuchs, G.J.

The effects of oral rehydration solution (ORS) with reduced osmolarity on children with acute watery diarrhoea are known, but little is known about the effects of such ORS on adults with cholera. We...

Simultaneous vitamin A administration at routine immunization contact enhances antibody response to diphtheria vaccine in infants younger than six months (1999)

Rahman, M.M., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Hossain, S., Wahed, M.A., Alvarez, J.O., Siber, G.R ., ...

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of simultaneous vitamin A supplementation and diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) vaccination on the...

Double-blind, randomized, controlled trial of zinc or vitamin A supplementation in young children with acute diarrhoea (1999)

Faruque, A.S.G., Mahalanabis, Dilip, Haque, S.S., Fuchs, G.J., Habte, Demissie

In a double-blind, controlled trial with a factorial design, 684 patients (aged 6 months to 2 y; excludes 6 early dropouts) with acute watery diarrhoea of 3 d or less and some dehydration, who were...

Folic acid in the treatment of acute watery diarrhoea in children: a double-blind, randomized, controlled trial (1998)

Ashraf, H., Rahman, M.M., Fuchs, G.J., Mahalanabis, Dilip

One-hundred and six male children aged 6-23 months with a history of acute watery diarrhoea of less than 72 h duration were randomized to receive either folic acid in a dose of 5 mg at 8-h intervals...

Shigellosis in children: a clinico-epidemiological comparison between Shigella dysenteriae type I and Shigella flexneri (1998)

Faruque, A.S.G., Teka, T., Fuchs, G.J.

We reviewed the clinical and epidemiological features of 390 children under 5 years of age infected with either Shigella dysenteriae type I or Shigella flexneri attending a diarrhoea treatment centre...

A randomized clinical trial to compare the efficacy of erythromycin, ampicillin and tetracycline for the treatment of cholera in children (1998)

Roy, S.K., Islam, A., Ali, R., Islam, K.E., Khan, R.A., Ara, S.H., ...

To compare the clinical outcome of treatment of cholera in children with ampicillin, erythromycin or tetracycline, a double-'blind' randomized four-cell trial was carried out in Bangladesh....

Humoral immune and clinical responses to food antigens following acute diarrhoea in children (1998)

Ahmed, T., Sumazaki, R., Shin, K., Nagai, Y., Shibasaki, M., Fuchs, G. J., ...

To investigate the effect of acute watery diarrhoea in children upon humoral immune responses to food antigens and the subsequent development of food allergy. METHODOLOGY: Serum antibodies to cows'...

Nutritional status and diarrhoeal pathogen in hospitalized children in Bangladesh (1998)

Dewan, N., Faruque, A.S.G., Fuchs, G.J.

We studied the relationship between nutritional status and infection due to specific enteropathogens in young children with diarrhoea. Overall, 26% of the children were severely underweight, 27% were...

Birth weight and its association with maternal nutrition and socioeconomic variables in rural Bangladesh (1998)

Alam, D.S., Yunus, M., Aziz, K.M.A., De Francisco, A., Haque, E., ...

Objective: Examine the distribution of birth weight and its relationship with maternal nutrition and major socioeconomic variables. Methodology: Between October 1995 and November 1996 at Matlab, 675...

Standardized management reduces mortality among severely malnourished children with diarrhoea (1998)

Ahmed, T., Ali, M., Ullah, M., Choudhury, I. A., Begum, B., Haque, M.E., ...

Objective: Reduce mortality and cost of treating severely malnourished children with diarrhoea by following a standardized management protocol. Methodology: The mortality rates and the cost of...

Effect of zinc and vitamin A supplementation in undernourished children with persistent diarrhoea in Bangladesh(abstract) (1998)

Khatun, F., Roy, S.K., Malek, M.A., Wahed, M.A., Sarkar, N.R., Saifuddin, N.M., ...

Objective: Evaluate and compare the efficacy of vitamin A and/or zinc supplementation on the clinical course of persistent diarrhoea in Bangladeshi children. Methodology: A double-blind randomized,...

Absorption of macronutrients and nitrogen balance in children with dysentery fed an amylase-treated energy-dense porridge (1997)

Rahman, M.M., Mahalanabis, D., Ali, M., Mazumder, R.N., Wahed, M.A., Fuchs, G.J.

The aim of this study was to determine the absorption of macronutrients and energy from an energy-dense diet liquefied with amylase from germinated wheat (ARF) in children suffering from acute...

Randomized, controlled, clinical trial of rice versus glucose oral rehydration solutions in infants and young children with acute watery diarrhoea (1997)

Faruque, A.S.G., Hoque, S.S., Fuchs, G.J., Mahalanabis, Dilip

A randomized clinical trial was carried out to compare a packaged ready-to-mix rice oral rehydration solution (ORS) to the standard glucose ORS for the treatment of childhood diarrhoea. Children were...

Shelf-life of pre-cooked rice oral rehydration salt packets (1997)

Islam, Sufia, Faruque, A.S.G., Fuchs, G.J., Wahed, M.A., Mahalanabis, Dilip

The shelf-life of pre-cooked rice oral rehydration salts (ORS) at the household level was studied in urban Dhaka. To prepare the packets, cooked rice was dried and ground to fine powder and the salt...

Nutritional support and growth in thalassaemia major (1997)

Fuchs, G.J., Tienboon, P., Khaled, M.A., Nimsakul, S., Linpisarn, S., Faruque, A.S.G., ...

Twelve thalassaemic children under 3 years of age received intensive nutritional support for one month and were discharged on a prescribed diet of locally available foods. Anthropometry,...

Risk factors for deaths in under-age-five children attending a diarrhoea treatment centre (1996)

Teka, T., Faruque, A.S.G., Fuchs, G.J.

Few case-control studies have examined possible risk factors for diarrhoeal deaths in under-age-five children in the developing countries. We analysed data from the surveillance system of our...

Changing epidemiology of cholera due to Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 Bengal in Dhaka, Bangladesh (1996)

Faruque, A.S.G., Fuchs, G.J., Albert, M. John

At the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR, B) Dhaka we studied the trends in cholera for the period January 1992 to May 1995. Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal emerged...

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy of bile duct calculi. An interim report of the Dornier U.S. Bile Duct Lithotripsy Prospective Study.

Bland, K I, Jones, R S, Maher, J W, Cotton, P B, Pennell, T C, Amerson, J R, ...

A multi-institutional study to evaluate the efficacy, clinical application, and safety of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) with the Dornier HM-3 or HM-4 lithotripter for bile duct calculi...

Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy of bile duct calculi. An interim report of the Dornier U.S. Bile Duct Lithotripsy Prospective Study.

Bland, K I, Jones, R S, Maher, J W, Cotton, P B, Pennell, T C, Amerson, J R, ...

A multi-institutional study to evaluate the efficacy, clinical application, and safety of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) with the Dornier HM-3 or HM-4 lithotripter for bile duct calculi...

Efficacy and tolerability of racecadotril in the treatment of cholera in adults: a double blind, randomised, controlled clinical trial

Alam, N H, Ashraf, H, Khan, W A, Karim, M M, Fuchs, G J

Background: The enkephalins, endogenous opiate substances, act as neurotransmitters along the entire digestive tract where they elicit intestinal antisecretory activity without affecting intestinal...

Nutritional factors and thalassaemia major.

Fuchs, G J, Tienboon, P, Linpisarn, S, Nimsakul, S, Leelapat, P, Tovanabutra, S, ...

Abnormal growth is a common feature of thalassaemia major in children. In an attempt to determine whether it has a nutritional cause, 12 children aged 1 to 3 years with thalassaemia major were...