Treatment of acute diarrhoea: update of guidelines based on a critical interuniversity assessment of medications and current practices.
Further to a thorough analysis of the problem of acute diarrhoea and the therapeutic options, recommendations were defined following a multidisciplinary approach. These guidelines take into account the reality of frequent self-medication. They further differ as a function of age (children, primarily treated by ORS and for whom self-medication is not advised versus adults who can self-medicate), symptoms (uncomplicated diarrhoea versus dysentery) and location where the diarrhoea is contracted (at home or when travelling).
Urbain
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Department of Gastroenterology, Free University of Brussels (VUB), Laerbeeklaan 101, B-1090 Brussels. Gasund@az.vub.ac.be
Belaiche
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De Vos
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Fiasse
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R
Hiele
M
M
Huijghebaert
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S
Jacobs
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F
Malonne
H
H
Speelman
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P
Van Gompel
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Van Gossum
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A
Van Wijngaerden
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic