Annotation. Acute appendicitis is one of the most common acute pathologies abdominal cavity, which requires immediate surgical intervention and can lead to water-electrolyte imbalance. The aim study was investigate clinical significance electrolyte imbalance in patients operated on for their correction. We examined 20 urgent who were part control group received “traditional” postoperative thera...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to determine the effect of oral ondansetron in decreasing the vomiting due to acute gastroenteritis in children. METHODS In a single center, randomized, double blind, controlled trial, the effect of oral ondansetron was compared with placebo on 176 patients between 1 and 10 years old with acute gastroenteritis. 30 minutes after drug administration, oral reh...

OBJECTIVE According to current guidelines, the first line of treatment for mild-to-moderate dehydration is oral rehydration; the second line is rehydration through a nasogastric tube. Both methods are widely underused. This study was conducted to evaluate parents' attitudes towards rehydration methods used in pediatric emergency departments. DESIGN 100 questionnaires were distributed to paren...

Sir, Sandhu et al.1 showed convincingly that oral rehydration with a glucose-polymer solution (12.5 g/100 ml, giving 730 mmol/l glucose) and 90 mmol/l sodium predisposes to hypernatraemia. In so doing they reproduced the circumstances that contributed to the epidemic of hyper-natraemia in the 1950s.2 At that time commercial oral rehydration solutions were changed to high concentrations of gluco...

PURPOSE Intravenous (IV) saline has been used by athletes attempting to accelerate rehydration procedures. The diuresis from IV rehydration may be circumvented through the concomitant use of oral glycerol. We aimed to examine the effects of rehydrating with four different regimens of IV fluid and oral glycerol on subsequent 40-km cycling time trial performance. METHODS Nine endurance-trained ...

BACKGROUND The use of antiemetics for children with vomiting is one of the most controversial decisions in the treatment of gastroenteritis in developed countries. Ondansetron, a selective serotonin receptor antagonist, has been found to be effective in improving the success of oral rehydration therapy. However, North American and European clinical practice guidelines continue to recommend agai...

This study compared the influence of intravenous vs. oral rehydration after exercise-induced dehydration during a subsequent 90-min exercise bout. It was hypothesized that cardiovascular, thermoregulatory, and hormonal variables would be the same between intravenous and oral rehydration because of similar restoration of plasma volume (PV) and osmolality (Osmo). Eight non-heat-acclimated men rec...

140 hypernatermic dehydrated infants aged 2-24 months, were hospitalized during at 21 month period. they were treated with oral electrolyte solutions a and b in which the concentration of sodium and potassium was equal (50 mmol/l sodium and 30 mmol/l potassium) but he sodium bicarbonate content differed. the serum sodium concentration returned to normal 48 hours after treatment. seven cases bec...