Clinical trials under field hospital conditions were undertaken in India and Pakistan to determine the efficacy of oral maintenance solutions in treatment of noncholera diarrheal @entity1 . Those @entity1 with severe @entity2700 due to @entity294 were 1st rehydrated with a standard intravenous solution until the blood pressure was normal. They were then administered a warmed maintenance solution by mouth or nasogastric tube. Milder cases were given only an oral solution. The oral treatment was found to maintain fluid balance in all cases. Oral electrolyte solutions containing both @entity413 and @entity2228 produced lower total stool volumes than the solutions made up only of electrolytes and @entity413 . The addition of @entity2228 to the solution seems to enhance absorption. This oral therapy is recommended because the solution is cheap and the ingredients are widely available. Both solutions eliminated the need for intravenous fluids in 80% of the cases, thus lowering the number of staff @entity1 -hours needed per @entity1 . This treatment can, thus, lower total costs and increase availability of @entity294 treatment in developing countries where severe @entity5163 are common.

Oral or nasogastric maintenance therapy for XXXX of unknown aetiology resembling cholera.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'man'] @entity2700 :: ('MESH:D003681', 'Disease') :: ['dehydration'] @entity2228 :: ('CHEBI:57305', 'Chemical') :: ['glycine'] @entity294 :: ('MESH:D003967', 'Disease') :: ['diarrhea'] @entity413 :: ('MESH:D005947', 'Chemical') :: ['glucose'] @entity5163 :: ('MESH:D004403', 'Disease') :: ['diarrheal diseases']
@entity294 :: (MESH:D003967,Disease) :: ['diarrhoea']
