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HIGH SUGAR WORSE THAN HIGH SODIUM IN ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS
Author(s) -
MEEUWISSE G. W.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1983.tb09689.x
Subject(s) - medicine , sodium bicarbonate , sugar , bicarbonate , sucrose , sodium , electrolyte , intensive care medicine , food science , organic chemistry , chemistry , electrode
. The literature on oral sugar‐electrolyte mixtures for treatment of acute diarrhoea is reviewed. Several trials have shown that the solution proposed by the WHO for developing countries containing inter alia 90 mmol/l of sodium and 111 mmol/1 of glucose is safe for short term oral rehydration. When used in this manner there is no risk for development of hypernatraemia. The surplus base of the solution is not essential and, furthermore, other anions e. g. acetate may be substitute for bicarbonate. Other modifications of the WHO formula have also been successfully tried, e. g. sucrose 4 % (117 mmol/l) in stead of glucose 2%