Is it better to use oral or intravenous rehydration in children with dehydration due to gastroenteritis? Evidence update, Other Infectious Diseases Series, December 2006

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2006
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Health

Abstract

Each Evidence Update is a 2-page summary of a Cochrane Review of healthcare interventions relevant to people in low-income and middle-income countries.

This Evidence Update is adapted from Hartling L, Bellemare S, Wiebe N, Russell K, Klassen TP, Craig W. Oral versus intravenous rehydration for treating dehydration due to gastroenteritis in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 3. Art. No.: CD004390. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004390.pub2.

No important clinical difference was detected between oral and intravenous rehydration in children with dehydration due to acute gastroenteritis.

Citation

Effective Health Care Alliance Programme Consortium, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK, pp.2

Is it better to use oral or intravenous rehydration in children with dehydration due to gastroenteritis? Evidence update, Other Infectious Diseases Series, December 2006

Published 1 January 2006
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