Current Paediatrics
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 95-100, April 2003

The management of acute diarrhoea

Department of Paediatrics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK

Abstract 

The successful management of acute diarrhoea depends upon correction of dehydration and electrolyte losses followed by maintenance of hydration and nutrition. Pillars of good practice have been defined by the European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN). They include fast oral rehydration over 3–4 h with hypotonic oral rehydration solution, rapid refeeding with a normal diet as soon as rehydration is complete, continuation of breastfeeding at all times and no unnecessary medications.

Keywords: acute diarrhoea, diarrhoea therapy, gastroenteritis

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  • f1 Correspondence to: PBS. Tel.: +44(0) 1865 220989; E-mail: peter. sullivan@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

PII: S0957-5839(02)90421-5

doi:10.1054/cupe.2002.0421

Current Paediatrics
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 95-100, April 2003

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