Persistent diarrhea: still an important challenge for the pediatrician
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Persistent diarrhea: still an important challenge for the pediatrician.
OBJECTIVE To provide recent guidelines to reduce the incidence of diarrheal diseases. We discuss the definition, clinical aspects, pathophysiology, diagnosis, management, and prevention of persistent diarrhea. SOURCES Electronic search of the MEDLINE database, Google search. SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS Acute diarrhea may be caused by a variety of agents, including bacterial, viral, and protozoa...
متن کامل[A challenge for pediatrician: non allergic urticaria].
In general population about 15-20% of subjects have suffered from one episode of urticaria-angioedema syndrome in their life. The etiology of his condition is various and multifactorial. In children the principal cause of acute urticaria is infection, while physical factors are the main agents of chronic urticaria. All those conditions which lack an etiology are named chronic idiopathic urticar...
متن کاملPsychiatric onset Alexander disease: an important challenge in neuropsychiatric diagnosis
Introduction: Alexander disease is a heterogenous group of diseases with various manifestations based on age of disease onset. This rare leukodystrophy syndrome with mutations in GFAP Gene could present with developmental delay and seizure in infantile form to ataxia and bulbar palsy in adulthood. However psychiatric symptoms are not well-defined and usually evaluate after disease diagnosis not...
متن کامل[Persistent diarrhea]
INTRODUCTION: Persistent diarrhea has high impact on infantile morbidity and mortality rates in developing countries. Several studies have shown that 3 to 20% of acute diarrheal episodes in children under 5 years of age become persistent. DEFINITION: Persistent diarrhea is defined as an episode that lasts more than 14 days. ETIOLOGY: The most important agents isolated in persistent diarrhea are...
متن کاملThe academic general pediatrician: is the species still endangered?
OBJECTIVE To determine the careers of graduates of the General Pediatrics Academic Development Program (GPADP) and the pediatricians from the Clinical Scholars (CS) Program 8 to 16 years after completion of their fellowship to assess the current state of the academic general pediatrician and to determine the current activities of divisions of General Pediatrics in US medical schools. DESIGN A...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Jornal de Pediatria
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0021-7557
DOI: 10.2223/jped.2087