Is oral rice electrolyte solution superior to glucose electrolyte solution in infantile diarrhoea?
- 1 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 57 (12) , 910-912
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.57.12.910
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.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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