title: [The fight against diarrheal disease in Yemen: introduction of oral rehydration therapy].
abstract: Within the National Diarhoeal Diseases Control Programme formulated in 1982, the first oral rehydration centre was established in the Children's Hospital in Aden in 1983. 2898 diarrhoea patients were admitted to this hospital from 1980 to 1984, 360 (12.4%) of them died. Three periods were compacted for the evaluation of the Three periods were compacted for the evaluation of the impact of oral rehydration therapy: 12 months before the centre was established, 12 months when the centre was open 8 hours a day and 9 months when the centre functioned on a 24-hour basis. Total numbers of diarrhoea patients in the three periods were: 4631, 6406 and 9444 respectively. Admission rates were 12.2%, 9.1% and 4.3% resp., overall case fatality rates were 1.55%, 1.31% and 0.51% resp., inpatient case fatality rates 12.7%, 14.4% and 11.9% resp. Substantial reduction of diarrhoea admission and overall case fatality rates were considered to be the impact of oral rehydration therapy.
authors.affiliation: Ustav tropického zdnavotnictví Institutu pro dalsí vzdĕláváni lékarů a farmaceutů, Praha.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kudlová
mesh_terms: D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015006:Yemen
vernacular_title: Boj s průjmovým onemocnĕním v Jemenské lidovĕ demokratické republice: zavádĕní orálnĕ rehydratacní terapie.