From Glucose Based to Food Based Oral Rehydration Therapy: Triumph and Indictment

Cholera, diarrhea, and oral rehydration therapy: triumph and indictment.

Cholera drove the sanitary revolution in the industrialized world in the 19th century and now is driving the development of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) in the developing world. Despite the long history of cholera, only in the 1960s and 1970s was ORT fully developed. Scientists described this treatment after the discovery of the intact sodium-glucose intestinal cotransport in patients with ch...

Efficacy of glucose-based oral rehydration therapy.

OBJECTIVE This article reviews and synthesizes evidence in the published literature on the safety and efficacy of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) among young children with pediatric gastroenteritis in developed nations. METHODOLOGY We searched the literature for randomized, controlled trials comparing the safety and efficacy of ORT with intravenous (IV) rehydration treatment and/or oral rehydr...

Oral rehydration therapy--from theory to practice.

Oral rehydration therapy

Oral rehydration therapy, (also ORT, oral rehydration salts or solutions (ORS), oral electrolyte), is a simple, cheap, and effective treatment for dehydration associated with diarrhea, particularly gastroenteritis, such as that caused by cholera or rotavirus. ORT consists of a solution of salts and sugars which is administered orally. It is used around the world, but is most important in the de...

SESSION II. ORAL REHYDRATION Oral rehydration perspective therapy: A global

Diarrhea is the leading cause of morbidity and death in developing Countries) "3 Even in developed countries Such as the United States, approximately 500 diarrheal deaths occur each year, and approximately 200,000 persons are hospitalized each year for diarrheal illnesses. 4 Thus diarrheal diseases are a considerable disease burden and cause economic loss in both developed and developing countr...