Is it better to use oral or intravenous rehydration in children with dehydration due to gastroenteritis? Evidence update - Summary of a Cochrane Review

International Public Health, LSTM (2006) Is it better to use oral or intravenous rehydration in children with dehydration due to gastroenteritis? Evidence update - Summary of a Cochrane Review. Liverpool, Effective Health Care Research Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine.

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Abstract

No important clinical difference was detected between oral and intravenous rehydration in children with dehydration due to acute gastroenteritis.

Item Type:	Other
Corporate Authors:	Effective Health Care Research Consortium
Additional Information:	Produced by the Effective Health Care Alliance Programme (www.liv.ac.uk/evidence), Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, supported by the Department for International Development UK; and the Australasian Cochrane Centre. Adapted from Hartling L, Bellemare S, Wiebe N, Russell K, Klassen TP, Craig W. Oral versus intravenous rehydration for treating dehydration due to gastroenteritis in children. Cochran Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD004390. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004390.pub2 Evidence Update published in December 2006.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cochrane Review CD004390, Dehydration, Oral Rehydration, Intravenous Rehydration, Gastroenteritis, Infectious Diseases, Child Health, Evidence Update
Subjects:	WC Communicable Diseases > Infection. Bacterial Infections > Enteric Infections > WC 260 Enterobacteriaceae and other enteric infections WD Disorders of Systemic, Metabolic or Environmental Origin, etc > Metabolic Diseases > General Metabolic Diseases > WD 200 General works WI Digestive System > WI 140 Diseases (General) WS Pediatrics > Diseases of Children and Adolescents > By System > WS 310 Digestive system
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > International Public Health Department
Depositing User:	Martin Chapman
Date Deposited:	07 Sep 2010 09:42
Last Modified:	19 Feb 2025 12:30
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/1399

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