title: Acute diarrhoea in infants and young children.
abstract: Acute diarrhoea is one of the commonest symptoms in paediatric practice. In most cases it will have an infectious cause. Acute diarrhoea in Australian children has a low mortality but significant morbidity. The major cause of death is unrecognised or underestimated dehydration.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant