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From: Systematic review of diarrhea duration and severity in children and adults in low- and middle-income countries

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Flow chart diagram of the systematic review process. 1Main reasons for exclusion: report of one etiologic agent (n = 30); inadequate definition of diarrhea (n = 15); overlapping age categories (n = 17); no outcome of interest (n = 12); diarrhea recall beyond 2 weeks (n = 11); unclear/problematic methodology (n = 11); data in unusable form (n = 6); full episodes not followed (n = 6); not representative of general population (n = 4); combined data on hospital inpatients & outpatients (n = 7). 2Main reasons for exclusion: report of one etiologic agent (n = 20); overlapping age categories (n = 12); not representative of general population (n = 5); report of nosocomial infection (n = 3); unclear/problematic methodology (n = 3); diarrhea recall beyond 2 weeks (n = 4); inadequate definition of diarrhea (n = 1); no outcome of interest (n = 1); combined data on hospital inpatients & outpatients (n = 1). 3All studies reported data on children 0-59 mos of age; one study reported data on children 5-15 yrs of age. 4Study design: cohort (n = 27); RCT (n = 10); case-control (n = 4). Study location: community-based (n = 34); hospital-based (n = 7). 5All studies reported data on children 0-59 mos of age, only. 6Study design: cohort (n = 15); RCT (n = 5); case-control (n = 7). Study location: community-based (n = 10); hospital-based (n = 17). 7Study design: cohort (n = 2); RCT (n = 2). Study location: community-based (n = 2); hospital-based (n = 2). 8Study design: cohort (n = 4); RCT (n = 2). Study location: community-based (n = 2); hospital-based (n = 4).

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