Syed Muhammad Raza Shah, Mustansar Billah, Adil Umer Khan.
A study to Determine the Frequency of Diarrhoea in Breast Fed and Bottle Fed infants of age upto two years.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;12(1):415-7.

Aim : To compare the frequency of occurrence of diarrhea in breast feeding and bottle feeding in infants upto the age of two years among general population Study design: Case-control study Place and duration: The study was carried out at paediatric outpatient department of Ibn-e-Siena Hospital and Research Institute Southern bypass Jahangirabad Multan from 15 September to 15 October 2017 for one month. Methods: 100 infants (50 Cases and 50 Controls) upto the age of two years with breast or bottle feeding attending the paediatric outpatient department of Ibn-e-Siena Hospital were clinically examined and history taken for the occurrence of diarrhea according to the questionnaire. Data was recorded and analysed for results. Results: In this sample of hundred infants (50 Cases and 50 Controls) the rate of occurrence of diarrhea among bottle fed babies was 4.1 times than that of those with breast feeding. Conclusions: This study concluded that bottle fed babies are at greater risk of developing diarrhea as compared to the breast fed babies.

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