Oral rehydration therapy in Malawi: impact on hospital admissions; hospital treatment practices and severity of disease
Monography
in English
| AIM
| ID: biblio-1274723
ABSTRACT
After the first two years after refresher training of pediatric staff in oral rehydration therapy [ORT] and the establishment of an oral rehydration unit at Kamuzu Central Hospital [KCH]; Lilongwe; there was a 50 percent decrease in the number of children admitted to the pediatric ward with the diagnosis of diarrheal disease; a 56 percent decrease in the use of intravenous fluid for rehydration of children hospitalized with diarrheal disease and a 70 percent increase in the use of oral rehydration salts [ORS] exclusively to rehydrate children with mild or moderate dehydration
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Diarrhea
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Fluid Therapy
Language:
English
Type:
Monography
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