• Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex · Aug 1990

    [Oral rehydration in newborns with dehydration caused by diarrhea].

    • F Mota-Hernández, M L Rillman-Pinagel, and L Velásquez-Jones.
    • Servicio de Hidratación Oral, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México, D.F.
    • Bol Med Hosp Infant Mex. 1990 Aug 1; 47 (8): 557-61.

    AbstractThe clinical experience obtained while treating 43 dehydrated newborns due to diarrhea with oral rehydration solution (ORS) using the formula recommended by the World Health Organization is reported. Of the 43 patients, 26 were severely dehydrated (greater than equal to 10% of weight recovery once rehydrated). The averaged time need to correct the dehydration was 4.7 +/- 2.7 hours, with a average intake of ORS of 26.5 +/- 7.5 mL/kg/hour. Children who were being breastfed continued so during the rehydration period. Two of the patients were hospitalized for intravenous treatment, one was due to persistent vomiting during rehydration and probably due to sepsis, and the other due to necrosing enterocolitis. The oral rehydration therapy was successful in 95% of the newborns included in the study, which proved the method to be safe and adequate for the correction of dehydration due to diarrhea among these patients. Similar experiences are reported in Mexico as well as from other countries, which also suggest the use of this therapeutic procedure in children of this age.

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