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It is important to note that oral rehydration therapy, when properly administered, saves lives, but it does not address parents' felt need by actually stopping diarrhea.

Efficacy of glucose-based oral rehydration therapy. Pediatrics, 98(1), 45-51.

[3] Most deaths are caused by dehydration and are easily preventable by using oral rehydration therapy (ORT).

This condition can be easily treated with oral rehydration therapy (ORT), a simple solution prepared by mixing water with a commercially prepared packet of oral rehydration salts or by making a homemade mixture of sugar, salt, and water.

The childhood vaccinations have successfully reduced the deaths due to measles, she pointed out and added that oral rehydration therapy has contributed to a major reduction in diarrhoea deaths.

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that met the following criteria were considered to be eligible for the systematic review: hospital or community based, included children up to 5 years old with acute diarrhea, used zinc sulfate or gluconate associated or not with oral rehydration therapy in any dose for up to 14 days, and used placebo or oral rehydration therapy controls.

Parents in resource-rich countries are not being empowered to use oral rehydration therapy (ORT) effectively, conclude two UK paediatricians.

In this study, 215 children aged 6 months to 10 years who were treated for gastroenteritis in a pediatric emergency department were randomized to receive a single dose of ondansetron or a placebo, followed by standard oral rehydration therapy.

That study concluded that bismuth subsalicylate is "a safe adjunct to oral rehydration therapy for infants and young children with watery diarrhea." I have found this therapy useful during rotavirus outbreaks.

Pedialyte, Infalyte, and Naturalyle are some the brand names for this fluid which is known as oral rehydration therapy (ORT).

For example, programs often focus exclusively on mothers to be responsible for children's health, oral rehydration therapy, or supervision of drug therapy for tuberculosis.

Oral rehydration therapy is important for young children with diarrhea.

The method, oral rehydration therapy, in which children are given water with sugar and salt dissolved in it, became known to 96 percent of Nepalis within a few years.

This approach, as described by Crutcher and colleagues (1995), focuses on the following defined interventions: (a) vaccines, (b) vitamin A supplementation in children, (c) single dose therapy for intestinal helminths, (d) oral rehydration therapy for children with diarrhea, and (e) treatment of selected infectious processes (e.g., otitis media, malaria, amebiasis, giardia).