[Oral rehydration therapy: an analysis of its results and impact on the hospitalization and mortality of children with diarrhea]. / Terapia de hidratación oral: análisis de resultados e impacto en la hospitalización y mortalidad de niños con diarrea.
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex
; 50(11): 797-802, 1993 Nov.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8274231
ABSTRACT
PIP: A retrospective study was conducted of the daily reports of the Outpatient Emergency Service of the Children's Hospital of the State of Sonora. Records of children receiving oral rehydration therapy between January 1986 and December 1989 were reviewed to assess the efficacy of the treatment and its impact on hospital admissions and mortality. Children of any age and nutritional status with diarrhea of any etiology and duration were included. Children in shock or with contraindications to oral therapy were excluded. 975 of the 14,893 children consulting for diarrhea in the four years (6.5%) received oral rehydration therapy. 868 of the children (89.0%) had acute diarrhea and 107 (11%) had prolonged diarrhea defined as over two weeks duration. The average patient age was 7.4 months and 847 (86.9%) were under one year old. 754 of the children had mild and 221 had moderate dehydration. 315 of the children (32.3%) were malnourished. 123 of the 975 children were hospitalized. Treatment was considered to have failed in 84 cases (8.6%), including 29 with persistent vomiting, 20 who did not accept oral rehydration solution, 18 with fecal output exceeding 10 ml/kg/h, and 17 with complications of diarrhea. The 847 children successfully rehydrated by the oral route represented a reduction of 29.1% in hospitalizations for diarrhea over the four years, during which 2062 children were hospitalized for intravenous rehydration. The magnitude of the reduction in hospital admissions increased from 19.2% in 1986 to 38.4% in 1989. The case fatality rate from diarrhea declined from an average of 7.0% between 1980 and 1985 to an average of 4.0% between 1986 and 1989. Mortality from prolonged diarrhea averaged 6.0% between 1984 and 1989.
Palavras-chave
Age Factors; Americas; Child; Child Mortality; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Diarrhea; Diarrhea, Infantile; Diseases; Health Services Evaluation; Infant; Infant Mortality; Latin America; Mexico; Mortality; North America; Oral Rehydration; Organization And Administration; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Program Evaluation; Programs; Research Methodology; Retrospective Studies; Studies; Treatment; Youth
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Diarreia
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Diarreia Infantil
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Hidratação
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Hospitalização
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
México