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Response times to treatment and recurrences of diarrhoea |
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| Number |
Mean |
95% confidence interval for mean |
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| Lower |
Upper |
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|
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| Duration of first episode in days |
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|
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| Both codeine phosphate and loperamide |
15 |
34.3 |
-6.8 |
75.5 |
| Codeine phosphate |
29 |
20.1 |
11.5 |
28.8 |
| Loperamide |
5 |
26.1 |
13.1 |
39.1 |
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|
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| Episodes per year |
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|
|
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| Both codeine phosphate and loperamide |
45 |
4.8 |
1.7 |
8.0 |
| Codeine phosphate |
63 |
2.8 |
1.3 |
4.3 |
| Loperamide |
16 |
6.5 |
-0.7 |
13.7 |
Bowie et al. BMC Palliative Care 2006 5:1 doi:10.1186/1472-684X-5-1 |
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