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A study on oral rehydration therapy of diarrheal disease in Western Sicily

✍ Scribed by A. Nastasi; M. F. Massenti; G. Scarlata; C. Mammina; V. Alestra; G. Botta; C. Calco; L. Cannova; M. C. Polizzi

Publisher
Springer
Year
1987
Tongue
English
Weight
301 KB
Volume
3
Category
Article
ISSN
0393-2990

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✦ Synopsis

A longitudinal study to ascertain the most common therapeutic approach to diarrheal disease by general practitioners and pediatricians was carried out in Western Sicily. Data obtained showed that of 902 home-managed cases of diarrhea observed by 58 physicians during one year, 65.3% were treated with antibiotics, 8.0% with antimotility agents and 26.7% were not treated with any pharmacological agent (rehydration or diet). Although oral rehydration therapy was widely known by physicians in Western Sicily, only a few of them were willing to use it routinely as the principal and exclusive treatment.

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