Acute diarrhoea in infants and young children.
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.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant