**Acronyms and abbreviations**


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**Author details**

Corporation, Doha, Qatar

*Dehydration*

*DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.83408*

provided the original work is properly cited.

Fatihi Hassan Soliman Toaimah1,2\* and Fysel Manthattil1

\*Address all correspondence to: fsoliman2@yahoo.com

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1 Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Hamad Medical

2 Department of Clinical Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar

*Perspective of Recent Advances in Acute Diarrhea*

The management of a child with a dehydrating gastroenteritis requires careful initial assessment and reassessment of hydration status. The majority of gastroenteritis in infants and children are simple and can be treated by ORT. In children who presented with severe dehydration or those with some dehydration and fail ORT, IV rehydration is required. Rapid IV rehydration using standard boluses of isotonic fluids followed by oral fluid intake or maintenance IV fluids for those refusing oral intake appears sufficient for most patients requiring IV fluids. Patients achieving satisfactory hydration status and tolerating oral intake can be discharge home with

The authors thank physicians and nurses staff who are working at the Pediatric Emergency center (PEC) Alsadd, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Qatar, for

**7. Conclusions**

proper instructions.

**Acknowledgements**

their help and support.

**Conflict of interest**

**Acronyms and abbreviations**

AGE acute gastroenteritis TBW total body water ECF extracellular fluid ICF intracellular fluid

BGL blood glucose level ORT oral rehydration therapy

ADH antidiuretic hormone

ED emergency department

IV intravenous

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

UEC urea electrolyte concentration

NICE National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

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