Mujawar 2012

Methods	Quasi‐randomized controlled trial Length of follow‐up: not stated
Participants	Number: 117 enrolled children Inclusion criteria: outpatients; well‐nourished children aged 24 to 60 months with watery diarrhoea < 2 days duration; mild‐to‐moderate dehydration Exclusion criteria: bloody diarrhoea, chronic illness, previous medications Breastfeeding: not specified
Interventions	Intervention group: diosmectite. Dosage 1.5 g thrice a day for 5 days Control group: no medication
Outcomes	Duration of diarrhoea (until normal stool consistency) Complications: severe dehydration, severe dysentery, respiratory infection, and anaemia
Notes	Location: India Setting: urban Cause of diarrhoea: not specified Source of funding: not specified
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	High risk	Not truly random; participants selected by serial number.
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	High risk	Not concealed
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	High risk	Not blinded
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes	High risk	Not blinded
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes	Low risk	Intention‐to‐treat analysis. 8 children (7%) were lost to follow‐up and were included in the analysis.
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Unclear risk	Insufficient information to permit judgement. No protocol registered.
Other bias	Low risk	No other biases detected.