Thle management of gastro-enteritis with dehydration and electrolyte and acid-base disturbances presents one of the commonest clinical problems in hospital paediatric practice in Capetown. A large proportion of the 150,000 attendances at the outpatient department of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital are concerned with gastro-enteritis. During the summer months up to 90 or more dehy...

BACKGROUND Human non-polio enterovirus (EV) and human parechovirus (HPeV) are important pathogens of viral infection and aseptic meningitis in children. The aim of this study is to prospectively compare the incidence, clinical signs, blood and cerebrospinal fluid in EV and HPeV infected children. OBJECTIVES To compare the clinical symptoms and laboratory data of children with different EV and...

Objectives: To compare the prevailing prescribing practices of paediatricians with minor and major diploma for common paediatric problems. Methodology: It was a Cross sectional study in which 10 % of children visiting the outpatient department of paediatrics, Hamdard university hospital with gastroenteritis and Acute respiratory infections, diagnosed according to UNICEF/ WHO protocol were enrol...

Viral pathogens are the most common causes of gastroenteritis in the community. To identify modes of transmission and opportunities for prevention, a case-control study was conducted and risk factors for gastroenteritis attributable to norovirus (NV), Sapporo-like virus (SLV), and rotavirus were studied. For NV gastroenteritis, having a household member with gastroenteritis, contact with a pers...

BACKGROUND Rotavirus is a leading worldwide cause of acute gastroenteritis in young children. This retrospective hospital-based study assessed the burden of rotavirus gastroenteritis in children younger than 6 years in Japan. METHODS Children admitted to eight hospitals for acute gastroenteritis between 2008 and 2009 were identified from hospital admission databases. Diagnosis of acute gastro...

La falta de pérdida peso o la re-ganancia postoperatoria, en el by pass gastrico, es un fenomeno que ocurre porcentaje significativo los pacientes, puede indicar desarrollo una dilatación anastomosis gastro-yeyunal, no restringe adecuadamente ingesta alimentos. Hay evidencia muestra diametro gastro-yeyunal se correlaciona positivamente con reganancia peso.La recalibración endoscópica gastro-yey...

Background & Aims: Diarrheal diseases are one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in infants and toddlers in developing countries and Rotavirus is the single most important cause of severe infantile gastroenteritis worldwide. This study was conducted to estimate the frequency and clinical manifestations of rotavirus infection in children below 3 years old with acute gastroenteritis r...

BACKGROUND: Bacterial gastroenteritis is a disease in the tropics form of inflammation stomach and intestines due to several bacteria, such as Salmonella, Campylobacter, Shigella, Escherichia coli, Vibrio, Yersinia, Listeria with symptoms diarrhea without or vomiting frequent fever. Gastroenteritis global highest prevalence agricultural community, especially farmers fishermen. AIM: This researc...

Aim: We aimed to investigate the relationship between age, gender, and season with respect frequency of rotavirus adenovirus antigens in stool specimens obtained from children one month 18 years age who were diagnosed acute gastroenteritis.
 Materials Methods: The records specimen analyses for 1960 patients diagnosis gastroenteritis at our hospital January 2017 August 2022 retrospectively ...