Commentary: Oral rehydration solution

Although it had been shown as early as 1968 that oral rehydration therapy was as effective as intravenous rehydration therapy in the treatment of dehydration due to diarrhoea, use of oral rehydration therapy was limited to rural health centres. In large urban hospitals oral rehydration therapy was h...

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Published in:Bulletin of the World Health Organization 1998-07, Vol.76 (4), p.325-325
Main Author: Fontaine, O
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Diarrhea
Diarrhea in children
Evaluation
Health facilities
Hospitals
Intravenous therapy
Oral rehydration fluids
Oral rehydration therapy
Pediatrics
Retrospective
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Summary:Although it had been shown as early as 1968 that oral rehydration therapy was as effective as intravenous rehydration therapy in the treatment of dehydration due to diarrhoea, use of oral rehydration therapy was limited to rural health centres. In large urban hospitals oral rehydration therapy was held to be inferior to intravenous therapy and tended to be used only when the latter was not available. The results reported in the article by Samadi et al. in 1983 were extremely important in helping to change these practices and today paediatricians in large referral hospitals all over the world have been convinced of the practical advantage provided by oral rehydration solution, saving money, space and time.
ISSN:0042-9686
1564-0604