The effects of oral rehydration fluid alone and of oral rehydration fluid plus breast feeding on the course and outcome of acute diarrhoea were assessed in two groups of 26 children aged under 2 years. Children who continued to be breast fed during treatment with oral rehydration solutions passed significantly fewer diarrhoeal stools. They also passed, on average, a smaller volume of diarrhoeal...

A clinical study was undertaken using honey in oral rehydration solution in infants and children with gastroenteritis. The aim was to evaluate the influence of honey on the duration of acute diarrhoea and its value as a glucose substitute in oral rehydration. The results showed that honey shortens the duration of bacterial diarrhoea, does not prolong the duration of non-bacterial diarrhoea, and...

On November 13 and 14, 1996, a scientific symposium on oral rehydration therapy (ORT) was held at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, MD. The purpose of the meeting was to review the current treatment practices for the treatment of this disease in the United States. The group noted that diarrhea resulted in 300 to 400 deaths per year among children, ap...

Background: Diarrhoea represents a major burden of childhood disease in countries with low and middle incomes. The need for targeting poorer socioeconomic groups has been forwarded as a priority in diarrhoea control. The aim of this study was to determine the role of socioeconomic inequalities in the control of childhood diarrhoea. Methods: Household data on prevalence and case management of di...

Schultz SG. From a pump handle to oral rehydration therapy: a model of translational research. Adv Physiol Educ 31: 288–293, 2007; doi:10.1152/advan.00068.2007.—Few afflictions have attracted as much attention and impacted on as many societal and biomedical areas as cholera. Dr. John Snow’s studies launched the field of epidemiology, were early applications of medical cartography, and promoted ...

The role of supervisors in diarrhoea case management at the Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT) corners of Sindh was assessed by a random sample of 62 ORT corners in rural and urban areas of Sindh. The supervisors at each facility included, Medical Superintendents, District Health Officers, Senior Medical Officers, Civil Surgeons and Medical Officers. In 65% cases the supervisors were working at the...