N. H. Alam

Publication List Details

Period

1985 - 2007

Number

31

Co-Authors

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...

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...

Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole in the treatment of persistent diarrhoea: a double blind placebo controlled clinical trial (1995)

Alam, N.H., Bardhan, P.K., Haider, R., Mahalanabis, Dilip

The efficacy of an absorbable antimicrobial agent trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) in the management of children with persistent diarrhoea was evaluated in a double blind, randomised, and...

Treatment of typhoid fever with ceftriaxone for 5 days or chloramphenicol for 14 days: a randomized clinical trial.

Islam, A, Butler, T, Kabir, I, Alam, N H

To compare the therapeutic efficacy of ceftriaxone given once daily for 5 days and chloramphenicol given four times daily for 14 days, a controlled trial was carried out with 59 patients who were...

Randomised double blind trial of single dose doxycycline for treating cholera in adults.

Alam, A N, Alam, N H, Ahmed, T, Sack, D A

OBJECTIVE--To compare the efficacy of a single dose of doxycycline (200 or 300 mg) with the standard multiple doses of tetracycline in patients with cholera. DESIGN--Randomised double blind...

Treatment of typhoid fever with ceftriaxone for 5 days or chloramphenicol for 14 days: a randomized clinical trial.

Islam, A, Butler, T, Kabir, I, Alam, N H

To compare the therapeutic efficacy of ceftriaxone given once daily for 5 days and chloramphenicol given four times daily for 14 days, a controlled trial was carried out with 59 patients who were...

Randomised double blind trial of single dose doxycycline for treating cholera in adults.

Alam, A N, Alam, N H, Ahmed, T, Sack, D A

OBJECTIVE--To compare the efficacy of a single dose of doxycycline (200 or 300 mg) with the standard multiple doses of tetracycline in patients with cholera. DESIGN--Randomised double blind...

Effects of food with two oral rehydration therapies: a randomised controlled clinical trial.

Alam, N H, Ahmed, T, Khatun, M, Molla, A M

To evaluate the impact of food on the efficacy of oral rehydration solution (ORS), a randomised, controlled clinical trial was conducted in 182 adults with cholera. After initial rehydration with an...

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...

Acute dehydrating disease caused by Vibrio cholerae serogroups O1 and O139 induce increases in innate cells and inflammatory mediators at the mucosal surface of the gut

Qadri, F, Bhuiyan, T R, Dutta, K K, Raqib, R, Alam, M S, Alam, N H, ...

Background and aims: The general concept is that as Vibrio cholerae is not invasive, it mediates a non-inflammatory type of infection. This is being re-evaluated based on available data that natural...

Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole in the treatment of persistent diarrhoea: a double blind placebo controlled clinical trial.

Alam, N H, Bardhan, P K, Haider, R, Mahalanabis, D

The efficacy of an absorbable antimicrobial agent trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) in the management of children with persistent diarrhoea was evaluated in a double blind, randomised, and...