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Clinical aspects of acute vs persistent diarrhea in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Author(s) -
Thanh Pham N,
Ly DaoT,
Dung PhamT,
Le PhamD
Publication year - 1992
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.1651-2227.1992.tb12384.x
Subject(s) - ho chi minh , medicine , diarrhea , acute diarrhea , pediatrics , traditional medicine , intensive care medicine , socioeconomics , sociology , low income
A retrospective clinical study of acute and persistent diarrhea in children younger than three years of age was conducted for 12 months (October 1989 to September 1990) in a Pediatric Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, South Vietnam. Most of the 3833 episodes of diarrhea identified were of short duration, with 77.7% lasting only 1‐7 days. Only 5.3% of episodes lasted more than 14 days. Episodes of longer duration were associated with young age (0‐5 months). Bloody stool was present in more than 40% of persistent episodes. Severe malnutrition was associated with persistent episodes that lasted 14‐21 days (33%) or more than 22 days (59%). It is important that all patients with diarrhea have appropriate dietary management in addition to fluid therapy, and that future analysis examines etiologic factors to determine the optimal treatment of bloody diarrhea.