title: Rice-based oral rehydration solution: a controlled trial in Nepal.
abstract: The efficacy of rice-based (50 g/l) oral rehydration solution (ORS) was compared with standard glucose ORS in a randomized controlled trial in 148 children under 5 years of age, suffering from acute watery diarrhoea leading to moderate and severe dehydration. The mean ORS intake in the two groups of children were 141.6 and 205.2 ml/kg/24 hours, for rice ORS and glucose ORS, respectively (P < 0.001). The mean number of diarrhoeal stools in the first 24 hours in children of the rice ORS group was less when compared with the glucose ORS group (5.4 and 6.8/24 hours, respectively; P < 0.001). This study suggests that rice ORS is a better alternative to standard glucose ORS in the management of diarrhoeal diseases in children.
authors.affiliation: Eastern Region Hospital Ghopa, Dharan, Nepal.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Prasad
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003681:Dehydration / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications*; D004035:Diet Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012275:Oryza; D015532:Rehydration Solutions
chemical_list: D015532:Rehydration Solutions