Seasonal plasma electrolyte fluctuations in childhood diarrhoea

Seasonal plasma electrolyte fluctuations in childhood diarrhoea.

A retrospective analysis of routinely collected data from a diarrhoea rehydration unit found clinically meaningful parallel seasonal variation in plasma sodium and potassium concentrations. The prevalence of severe hypokalaemia was 7.2% and 0.4% in February and August respectively, and of severe hypernatraemia 0.4% and 5.0% respectively. These unexpected findings need prospective confirmation a...

Acid base and electrolyte disturbance in diarrhoea.

OBJECTIVE The present study was undertaken to study the frequency of electrolyte imbalance in children with diarrhoea and the relationship between electrolyte abnormalities and mortality. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective, observational hospital based study. Fifty seven children admitted to paediatric ward with diarrhoea and dehydration was evaluated for electrolyte and acid base ...

Childhood Pneumonia and Diarrhoea

Seasonal, sub-seasonal and spatial fluctuations

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Malaria parasitaemia in childhood diarrhoea in Nigeria

Records of 402 children--2l6 (53.7%) males and l86 (46.3%) females--aged 1-36 month(s), admitted to the Diarrhoea Treatment and Training Unit of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin city, Nigeria, during July 1993-June 1996, were reviewed to document the relationship between dehydration and malaria parasitaemia. There was a significant association between severity of dehydration and...