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Lactobacillus Reuteri In The Management Of Infantile Colic, Katherine Evans, Helena Gaitan
Lactobacillus Reuteri In The Management Of Infantile Colic, Katherine Evans, Helena Gaitan
Physician Assistant Capstones, 2020-current
Objective: To determine if Lactobacillus reuteri is an effective treatment for infantile colic by reviewing existing literature and performing a systematic analysis. Design: Systematic literature review. Methods: The PubMed database was searched using the terms “Lactobacillus reuteri” and “colic.” The yielded results were refined to only include human clinical trials published within the past 10 years. Results: Chau et al., Savino et al., and Szajewska et al. each found that the average crying times were significantly shorter for the L. reuteri group than they were for the probiotic group on days 7, 14, and 21. All …