Introduction: Persistent diarrhea has high impact on infantile morbidity and mortality rates in
developing countries. Several studies have shown that 3-20% of acute diarrheal episodes in …

PIP: Mortality from diarrheal diseases is most common in areas with high prevalence of
caloric malnutrition. The considerable reduction of mortality from diarrhea following …

Diarrheal diseases continue to be an important pub-lic health problem in developing
countries."* Acute, short lived illnesses with dehydration can result in death unless prompt …

In 58 previously well‐nounshed patients who were fed cow's milk and who later developed
persistent diarrhoea (≥ 15 days), data obtained during the first 8 days of acute diarrhoea …

Persistent diarrhea continues to pose enormous challenges globally. With the substantial
overall reduction in childhood mortality from acute diarrhea, the share of mortality due to …

A case control study was done at the Institute of Child Health, Madras, among prospectively
recruited children aged 1-23 months to identify the risk factors for persistent diarrhea. Cases …

Background: Persistent diarrhoea (PD) is poorly recognised and it requires proper
assessment and early intervention to ensure effective treatment. The International Centre for …

Persistent diarrhoea is that which continues for more than 14 days. The reported incidence
of persistent diarrhoea varies widely from 2 episodes per child annually in northeastern …