Seasonal plasma electrolyte fluctuations in childhood diarrhoea.

Is oral rice electrolyte solution superior to glucose electrolyte solution in infantile diarrhoea?

Oral rehydration in acute infantile diarrhoea with a glucose-polymer electrolyte solution.

Seven infants with mild acute diarrhoeal dehydration were rehydrated with an oral sugar-electrolyte solution containing a glucose polymer mixture. Six of them were rehydrated successfully. The high sodium content of the solution (90 mmol/l) was based on the WHO/UNICEF recommended glucose-electrolyte solution and was implicated as the cause of increases in serum sodium in 4 infants, one of whom ...

Toddler diarrhoea and prostaglandins.

Chronic, non-specific 'toddler diarrhoea' in young children is often accompanied by an increase in plasma prostaglandins, particularly PGF2oa. Although treatment with drugs is generally unnecessary, aspirin is effective in most children with high prostaglandins, and treatment with loperamide is effective in most children with toddler diarrhoea, regardless of the plasma prostaglandin levels. The...

Childhood Diarrhoea: Failing Conventional Measures, what Next?

BACKGROUND Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of infant mortality. This article analyzes its contribution towards the realization of millennium development goal number 4 (MDG-4). METHODS A PubMed search using keywords acute infant diarrhea together with prevalence, management, or prevention 23 of the 634 generated articles were reviewed for inclusion. RESULTS WHO first expressed concern...

Rotavirus, adenovirus, and non-viral enteropathogens in diarrhoea.

The aetiology of rotavirus and adenovirus in acute gastroenteritis was studied in a prospective series that comprised 283 children admitted consecutively with diarrhoea during a 1-year period. Rotavirus was associated in 49% of the cases by solid-phase radioimmunoassay and electron microscopical examination of stool specimens, or by serology. Adenovirus was detected by radioimmunoassay in the s...