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...

The results of a survey of 64 Scottish general practitionerhospitals showed that in 1980 these hospitals contained3-3% of available staffed beds in Scotland; 13 6% of theresident population had access for initial hospital care,and 14-5% of Scottish general practitioners were on theirstaffs. During the year of the survey they discharged 1-8%of all non-surgical patients, t...

Despite recent technological advances in dialysis and transplantation, conservative medical management remains the most practical and accessible approach to the treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) for most cat owners and veterinarians. When initially presented, many cats with CKD are moderately to severely dehydrated and require rehydration over 24-96 hours to resolve pre-renal azotemia a...

Two hypotonic oral rehydration solutions with osmolarities of 224 mosmol/l (Na+ 60 mmol/l, glucose 84 mmol/l) and 204 mosmol/l (Na+ 60 mmol/l, glucose 64 mmol/l), respectively, and oral treatment with Lactobacillus GG were evaluated in a double blind trial in children aged 6-36 months hospitalised for acute diarrhoea. Early administration of Lactobacillus GG at the start of oral rehydration res...

Organic pollutants effects on lichens have not been addressed. Rehydration is critical for lichens, a burst of free radicals involving NO occurs. Repeated dehydrations with organic pollutants could increase oxidative damage. Our aim is to learn the effects of cumene hydroperoxide (CP) during lichen rehydration using Ramalina farinacea (L.) Ach., its photobiont Trebouxia spp. and Asterochloris e...

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...

Computerized brain volumetry has potential value for diagnosis and the follow-up evaluation of degenerative disorders. A potential pitfall of this method is the extent of physiologic variations in brain volume. The authors show that dehydration and rehydration can significantly change brain volume: lack of fluid intake for 16 hours decreased brain volume by 0.55% (SD, +/-0.69), and after rehydr...

The ability of trehalose and other sugars to maintain the integrity of large unilamellar vesicles subjected to dehydration and rehydration has been investigated. It is shown, employing freeze-fracture techniques, that large unilamellar vesicles prepared in the presence of trehalose at 125 mM or higher concentration do not exhibit significant structural changes during the dehydration-rehydration...