Acute and Persistent Diarrhea

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1343-1361

  Grimwood, Keith ^a,b   Forbes, David A ^c,d  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Child; Diarrhea; Enteropathy; Indigenous; Management

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INFUSION FLUID; IVERMECTIN; LOPERAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITAZOXANIDE; ONDANSETRON; PROBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RETINOL; ROTAVIRUS VACCINE; RX 4414; SHIGELLA VACCINE; TYPHOID VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSENTERY; ENTEROPATHY; FLUID THERAPY; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; REHYDRATION; REVIEW; SANITATION; SHIGELLOSIS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VOMITING; WATER QUALITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

EID: 71849118238     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2009.09.004     Document Type: Review

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