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    Effectiveness of vitamin A supplementation in preventing diarrheal infections in children under 5 years old
    (Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener, 2018-09-02) Morales García, Marleny Janet; Avila Vargas Machuca, Jeannette Giselle
    Objective: To systematically analyze the evidence on the effectiveness of vitamin A supplementation in the prevention of diarrheal infections in children under 5 years of age. Methodology: This is a systematic review of 10 scientific articles that were found in the following database COCHRANE, LILACS, SCIELO, PUDMED, all of them were analyzed according to the GRADE scale to determine their strength and quality of evidence, of the 10 articles. reviewed, 40% correspond to the methodological design of a clinical study, 30% are systematic reviews, 20% are meta-analyses and 10% are cohort. Results: Of the 10 articles systematically reviewed, 80% show the effectiveness of vitamin A supplementation in the prevention of diarrhea in children under 5 years of age, 10% do not show the effectiveness of vitamin A supplementation in the prevention of diarrhea. and 10% affirm that studies are needed to verify the effectiveness of vitamin A in preventing diarrheal infections. Conclusions: Of the 10 articles reviewed, 8 of 10 evidence the effectiveness of vitamin A supplementation in the prevention of diarrheal infections in children under 5 years of age, 1 of 10 do not evidence the effectiveness of vitamin A supplementation in the prevention of diarrhea and 1 in 10 say that more studies are needed to prove its effectiveness.