A 3-hour quantitative comparison of glucose-based versus rice-based oral rehydration solution intake by children with diarrhoea in Port Moresby General Hospital.
Measurements were made of the intake of a WHO/UNICEF glucose-based and a rice cereal-based oral rehydration solution (ORS) by children with diarrhoea. Twenty children who presented to the Children's Outpatient Department at Port Moresby General Hospital with acute diarrhoea and mild dehydration were randomly assigned to an ORS and measurements were taken over the following 3 hours. For data analysis, the patients were paired by weight. Testing the means of the paired samples by t test showed that there was no significant difference between the amount of rice ORS and the amount of glucose ORS taken over 3 hours.
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Children's Nutrition Research Centre, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia.
Todaro
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Edwards
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Cleghorn
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D001835:Body Weight; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003681:Dehydration / Q000628:therapy; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000628:therapy*; D002523:Edible Grain / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012275:Oryza / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010219:Papua New Guinea; D008517:Phytotherapy; D015532:Rehydration Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors; D014480:United Nations; D014944:World Health Organization
D015532:Rehydration Solutions; D005947:Glucose