Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a clinically useful, cost-effective, and safe technique to treat mild and moderate dehydration.
ORT is as effective as IV hydration and the treatment...
Vomiting: duration and amount
Diarrhea: duration and amount
Exercise: intensity and duration
Fever
Weight loss: amount
Frequency and volume of urination
Exposure to others with diarrheal il...
Whole-body sweat losses are decreased in children compared to adults, necessitating age-related rehydration plans (1)[A]
The composition of ORS according to WHO and UNICEF re...
Primarily outpatient
Designed to be administered by family members in pediatric populations
For breastfeeding infants, continue nursing. For bottle-fed infants,...
Guarino A, Ashkenazi S, Gendrel D, et al. European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition/European Society for Pediatric Inf...
E86.0 Dehydration
A09 Infectious gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
K52.9 Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified
34095006 dehydration (disorder)
12463005 Infectious g...
ORT is as effective (and less costly) than IV hydration for mild and moderate dehydration.
Individualized fluid management plans should be created for physically active people of all ag...
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