Is oral rice electrolyte solution superior to glucose electrolyte solution in infantile diarrhoea?. Issue 12 (December 1982)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Patra, F C; Mahalanabis, D; Jalan, K N; Sen, A; Banerjee, P
• Is Part Of: Archives of disease in childhood. Volume 57:Issue 12(1982)
• Page Start: 910
• Page End: 912
• Publication Date: 1982-12
• Subjects: Children -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Infants -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 618.920005
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.57.12.910
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-9888

Abstract

Abstract : In a controlled trial of oral rehydration therapy, a rice-based electrolyte solution was evaluated in a group (n=26) of infants and young children aged between 3 months and 5 years with moderate to severe dehydration owing to acute diarrhoea, and the results were compared with a matched control group (n=26) receiving WHO recommended glucose electrolyte solution. The former was found to be more effective than the latter as shown by an appreciably lower rate of stool output, a shorter duration of diarrhoea, and a smaller intake of rehydration fluid.