Recommendations for diarrhea management during medical stability operations.
Training and planning for medical stability operations, to include humanitarian assistance, disaster relief, and medical readiness training exercises, has taken on new importance for today's military forces. Deployed medical forces providing care to local populations are presented with the challenge of limited resources and complex public health needs. In this paper, we review the epidemiology of diarrhea as one of the leading causes of mortality in these settings and provide an evidence based-approach for management within the framework of military medical stability operations.
Department of Pediatrics, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, 8901 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20889-5600, USA.
Kristen
K
Kammerer
Amanda
A
Higginson
Patrick
P
Hickey
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000628:therapy*; D004403:Dysentery / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D015532:Rehydration Solutions / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D012492:Salts / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015032:Zinc / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D015532:Rehydration Solutions; D012492:Salts; D015032:Zinc