Oral rehydration therapy in Malawi: impact on the severity of disease and on hospital admissions; treatment practices; and recurrent costs
Bull. W.H.O. (Online)
; 68(2): 193-7, 1990.
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in English
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In the first 2 years following refresher training of paediatric staff in oral rehydration therapy (ORT) and the establishment of an oral rehydration unit at the Kamuzu Central Hospital; Lilongwe; Malawi; there was a 50 percent decrease in the number of children admitted to the paediatric ward with the diagnosis of diarrhoeal diseases; a 56 percent decrease in the use of intravenous fluid to rehydrate such children; a threefold increase in the use of oral rehydration salts (ORS) exclusively to rehydrate children with mild or moderate dehydration; and a 39 percent decrease in the number of paediatric deaths associated with diarrhoeal diseases. Over the same period; there was a 32 percent decrease in recurrent hospital costs attributable to paediatric diarrhoeal diseases. As use of ORT continues to increase in Malawi; where diarrhoeal diseases account for 9 percent of paediatric hospital admissions; there should be considerable decreases in mortality from such diseases and concomitant increases in cost savings attributable to them
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Diarrhea
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Fluid Therapy
Type of study:
Health economic evaluation
Language:
English
Journal:
Bull. W.H.O. (Online)
Year:
1990
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Article
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