title: Infantile diarrhea in the Pediatric Ward of Dr. Pirngadi Hospital Medan.
abstract: A retrospective study was done on infants with diarrhea who were hospitalized at the Pediatric ward of Dr. Pirngadi Hospital, Medan in a period of one year (January 1 to December 31, 1986). There were 3317 hospitalized patients and 1506 (45.40%) of them had diarrhea. Of these, 773 (51.32%) were in the age group of under 2 years. Thirty eight patients (4.91%) with infantile diarrhea died and prolonged diarrhea was found in 54 (6.98%) cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, School of Medicine, University of North Sumatera, Medan.
authors.lastname: Metrizal
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Sinuhaji
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Sutanto
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007214:Indonesia / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies