Promotion of Oral Rehydration Therapy Comparing a Homemade Rice-Powder Gruel and Oral Rehydration Salts
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Oral rehydration Salts (ORS)
The four ingredients of ORS (glucose, sodium chloride, potassium chloride and trisodium citrate) in the concentrations described in the document entitled “Oral Rehydration Salts: a new reduced osmolarity formulation” yield an effective solution for rehydration and for the prevention of dehydration. The addition of other ingredients, such as other minerals (especially zinc) or vitamins, has not ...
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Oral rehydration therapy, (also ORT, oral rehydration salts or solutions (ORS), oral electrolyte), is a simple, cheap, and effective treatment for dehydration associated with diarrhea, particularly gastroenteritis, such as that caused by cholera or rotavirus. ORT consists of a solution of salts and sugars which is administered orally. It is used around the world, but is most important in the de...
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عنوان ژورنال: Food and Nutrition Bulletin
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0379-5721,1564-8265
DOI: 10.1177/156482659601700208