Polymer-based oral rehydration solution for treating acute watery diarrhoea

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Gregorio, Germana V ^a   Gonzales, Maria Liza M ^a   Dans, Leonila F ^a   Martinez, Elizabeth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INFUSION FLUID; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION; POLYMER;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ACUTE WATERY DIARRHEA; CHOLERA; DEFECATION; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INFUSION THERAPY; MIXED INFECTION; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; COMPLICATION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; INFANT; META ANALYSIS; ORYZA; PROCEDURES;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CHILD; CHOLERA; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; ORYZA; POLYMERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS;

EID: 85006021828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006519.pub3     Document Type: Review

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