Pattern of protracted diarrhoea among children in Kuwait.
A total of 92 children with protracted diarrhoea were studied over a 3-year period (October 1983 to September 1986). The diagnosis was postgastro-enteritis syndrome in 61 (66.2%), coeliac disease in 17 (18.5%), Giardia lamblia infestation in 5 (5.4%), immune deficiency in 4 (4.4%), congenital chloride diarrhoea in 2 (2.2%), and glucose-galactose malabsorption, Shwachmann syndrome and intestinal lymphangiectasia in one each. Children with the postgastro-enteritis syndrome were young, malnourished and bottle-fed, and suffered a high incidence of antecedent bacterial infections. Six children died, a case fatality ratio of 6.5%.
Shaltout
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Department of Paediatrics, Kuwait University.
Khuffash
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Hilal
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el Ghanem
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D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007730:Kuwait; D013997:Time Factors