A Survey of Infantile Gastroenteritis
- 4 July 1970
- Vol. 3 (5713), 20-24
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.3.5713.20
Abstract
In 1967 we admitted 339 cases of infantile gastroenteritis; one-third of these were dehydrated, and in this group the commonest biochemical abnormality found was hypernatraemia, sometimes with metabolic acidosis. A higher incidence of dehydration was found in the patients who had received oral glucose fluids before admission. Enteropathic Escherichia coli were isolated from the faeces of 16% of the cases. Associated infections, especially of the respiratory tract, were common. Treatment was aimed at the restoration of fluid and electrolyte balance. Usually this was achieved with oral fluids, though intravenous fluids were used in the most severely dehydrated cases. Recovery was complete in 320 cases and a further 14 cases were discharged as carriers of enteropathic E. coli. There were five deaths (1·5%) in the series; three occurred immediately after admission.Keywords
This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
- Biochemical problems of infantile gastro-enteritisPublic Health, 1968
- Hospital study of transferable drug resistance.BMJ, 1968
- Acute infective diarrhoea.BMJ, 1968
- Incidence and treatment of infantile gastro-entritis in general practice.Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1968
- PROGNOSIS OF THE NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF ACUTE HYPERNATRÆMIAThe Lancet, 1967
- DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT: ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY OF INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA IN CHILDRENPediatrics, 1967
- Observations by the ligated intestinal segment and oral inoculation methods on Escherichia coli infections in pigs, calves, lambs and rabbitsThe Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology, 1967
- HYPOGLYCÆMIA IN CHILDREN WITH ACUTE DIARRHŒAThe Lancet, 1966
- Diarrhoea among infants in a crowded area of Djakarta, Indonesia. A longitudinal study from birth to two years.1966
- STOOL LOSSES AND ACIDOSIS IN DIARRHEAL DISEASE OF INFANCYPediatrics, 1965