THE IMPACT OF SYSTEMATIC USE OF ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY ON OUTCOME IN ACUTE DIARRHEAL DISEASE IN CHILDREN

Abstract

A review of our experience with diarrheal disease (DD) at the University of Istanbul Children's Hospital in Capa, covering the years 1987 to 1989, is presented in this paper. DD is one of the most common conditions encountered among patients presenting to the outpatient clinic (5.9% of all cases).