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Global Diarrhoea Treatment Policy

 

•         Treatment of dehydration with ORS solution (or with an intravenous electrolyte solution in cases of severe dehydration)

•         Provide children with 20mg per day of zinc for 10-14 days

•         Continue feeding or increase breastfeeding during, and increase feeding after the diarrhoeal episode

•         Use antibiotics only when appropriate (i.e. bloody diarrhoea and cholera) and abstain from administering anti-diarrhoeal drugs (including probiotics)

•         Advise mothers of the need to increase fluids and continue feeding during future episodes

 

     WHO/UNICEF. Joint statement on the clinical management of acute diarrhoea. 2004

By Olivier Fontaine

 

Child and Adolescent Health and Development

World Health Organization

 

14th Indonesia Congress of Paediatrics (KONIKA)

Surabaya (Indonesia)

5-9 July 2008   

Versi bahasa indonesianya disini

 

PR: wait…  I: wait…  L: wait…  LD: wait…  I: wait… wait…  C: wait…  SD: wait…

Posted October 23rd, 2008 under Kesehatan anak-Perut. Tags: child, Diarrhoea, zinc
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