Adherence to treatment guidelines for acute diarrhoea in children up to 12 years in Ujjain, India - A cross-sectional prescription analysis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Pathak, Deepali ^a,b   Pathak, Ashish ^a,c   Marrone, Gaetano ^a   Diwan, Vishal ^a,c   Lundborg, Cecilia S ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Grasim Trust's GD Birla Memorial Hospital   (India)

^c RD Gardi Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETORPHAN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; INFUSION FLUID; OFLOXACIN; ONDANSETRON; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; ORNIDAZOLE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; ZINC; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BICARBONATE; GLUCOSE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMATOCHEZIA; HOMEOPATHY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; VOMITING; ADULT; DIARRHEA; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BICARBONATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTIONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC;

EID: 79251575320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-32     Document Type: Article

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