REVIEW ER 'S CONCLUSIONS There is no evidence to support feeding with a hydrolysed formula for the prevention of allergy in preference to exclusive breast feeding .
In high risk infants who are unable to be completely breast fed , there is evidence that prolonged feeding with a hydrolysed compared to a cow 's milk formula reduces infant and childhood allergy and infant CMA .
BACKGROUND Allergies and food reactions are common and may be associated with foods including adapted cow 's milk formulas .
Formulas containing hydrolysed proteins have been used to treat infants with allergy or food intolerance , and have been advocated for prevention of allergy and food intolerance in infants .
OBJECTIVES To determine whether use of hydrolysed formulas for infant feeding prevents allergy and food intolerance .
If hydrolysed formulas are effective , to determine what type of hydrolysed formula is most effective including extensively and partially hydrolysed formulas .
To determine which infants benefit including infants at low or high risk of allergy and infants receiving early , short term or prolonged formula feeding .
Hydrolyzed lactalbumin‐based oral rehydration solution for acute diarrhoea in infants
The addition of different organic substrates to st and ard glucose oral rehydration solution ( G‐ORS ) has been shown to improve the intestinal absorption of sodium and water , and thereby decrease stool losses . Therefore , we evaluated , in infants with acute diarrhoea , the safety and efficacy of three oral rehydration solutions ( ORS ) which had the same concentrations of electrolytes ( with sodium 60 mmol/l ) but different substrates of proteins and carbohydrates . One solution ( LAD‐ORS ) contained hydrolyzed lactalbumin ( LAD ) with maltodextrin and sucrose , a second ( MS‐ORS ) was identical but without LAD and a third ( G‐ORS ) was st and ard glucose ORS . The three solutions were compared in a double‐blind , r and omized trial in 74 hospitalized well‐nourished children in Panama and the United States . All three oral rehydration solutions were equally efficacious and safe in these children , 54 % of whom were infected with rotavirus . There was no suggestion that hydrolyzed lactalbumin or maltodextrin provided any advantage over glucose‐ORS  in terms of stool output or in duration of diarrhoea . We conclude that all three solutions are efficacious in the therapy of acute diarrhoea in infants
REVIEW ER 'S CONCLUSIONS There is no evidence to support feeding with a hydrolysed formula for the prevention of allergy in preference to exclusive breast feeding .
In high risk infants who are unable to be completely breast fed , there is evidence that prolonged feeding with a hydrolysed compared to a cow 's milk formula reduces infant and childhood allergy and infant CMA .
BACKGROUND Allergies and food reactions are common and may be associated with foods including adapted cow 's milk formulas .
Formulas containing hydrolysed proteins have been used to treat infants with allergy or food intolerance , and have been advocated for prevention of allergy and food intolerance in infants .
OBJECTIVES To determine whether use of hydrolysed formulas for infant feeding prevents allergy and food intolerance .
If hydrolysed formulas are effective , to determine what type of hydrolysed formula is most effective including extensively and partially hydrolysed formulas .
To determine which infants benefit including infants at low or high risk of allergy and infants receiving early , short term or prolonged formula feeding .