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- Title
Oral Rehydration Therapy of Severe Diarrheal Dehydration.
- Authors
Sharifi, Jalaladdin; Ghavami, Fakhraddin
- Abstract
In 1980, 104 infants with seven to 15 percent dehydration due to severe diarrhea and vomiting were hospitalized in Tehran and treated in two separate phases, deficit therapy and maintenance therapy, using two isotonic oral solutions. For deficit therapy, solution A (sodium 80, potassium 20 mmol/l) was administered at a rate of 40 mI/kg per hour until all signs of dehydration disappeared. For maintenance therapy, solution B (sodium 40, potassium 30 mmol/l) was given sip by sip at a rate of about 250 mI/kg per 24 hours until diarrhea stopped. Intravenous fluids were not used, even in severe dehydration and shock. The efficacy and safety of this regimen were confirmed by rapid and successful rehydration and correction of electrolyte abnormalities present on admission.
- Subjects
TEHRAN (Iran); IRAN; ORAL rehydration therapy for infants; INFANT disease treatment; DIARRHEA in infants; VOMITING in children
- Publication
Clinical Pediatrics, 1984, Vol 23, Issue 2, p87
- ISSN
0009-9228
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/000992288402300204