Hospital diarrhoea
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Prospective hospital based study on persistent diarrhoea.
A total of 383 children aged less than 5 years suffering from acute watery diarrhoea or dysentery were studied in hospital to determine the rate of persistent diarrhoea. Altogether 335 (87.5%) recovered within 13 days. Only in 48 (12.5%) did the diarrhoea continue for 14 days or more, and they were considered as having persistent diarrhoea. Children aged between 7 and 18 months had a significan...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1942
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.17.91.130