A study on oral rehydration therapy of diarrheal disease in western Sicily.
A longitudinal study to ascertain the most common therapeutic approach to diarrheal disease by general practitioners and pediatricians was carried out in Western Sicily. Data obtained showed that of 902 home-managed cases of diarrhea observed by 58 physicians during one year, 65.3% were treated with antibiotics, 8.0% with antimotility agents and 26.7% were not treated with any pharmacological agent (rehydration or diet). Although oral rehydration therapy was widely known by physicians in Western Sicily, only a few of them were willing to use it routinely as the principal and exclusive treatment.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000930:Antidiarrheals / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D012802:Sicily
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000930:Antidiarrheals; D004043:Dietary Fiber