Acute infectious diarrheal disease in children.
The management of acute diarrheal disease in children must consider potential etiologic agents and their common presentation. The workup and assessment should be tailored to the clinical condition of the patient and the most likely pathogen. Management must primarily focus on fluid therapy and dietary manipulation. Antibiotics have a very restricted role as do antidiarrheal agents.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000930:Antidiarrheals / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D005873:Giardiasis; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D012480:Salmonella Infections; D014777:Virus Diseases; D014883:Water-Electrolyte Imbalance / Q000503:physiopathology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000930:Antidiarrheals