The duration of acute diarrhea forms a continuoum, most episodes terminating within 7 days
and progrcssivcly smaller proportion persisting beyond 14, 21 or 28 days. The delineation of …

Nearly a decade ago the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that there were
approximately 700 million episodes of diarrhea annually among children under 5 years old …

Despite considerable advances in the understanding and management of diarrheal
disorders in childhood, they are still responsible for an estimated 2.2 million childhood …

Objective To identify risk factors associated with Persistent diarrhea (PD) and deaths due to
PD. Methods This prospective case control study included 60 children with PD (cases) and …

Persistent diarrhea is an episode of diarrhea that begins acutely but lasts longer than
expected for this usually self-limited disease. Treatment of this ill-defined syndrome is not …

Background: Despite the widespread use of oral rehydration therapy, a substantial number
of acute diarrhoeal episodes last for more than 14 days (persistent diarrhoea) is still a …

Methods Fifty children with persistent diarrhea and 50 controls with acute diarrhea (matched
for age and sex) comprised the study subjects. Results Most of the children (82%) were …

Diarrheal diseases continue to be very frequent in the tropics. Upto 40% of mortality
associated with diarrheal diseases is associated with prolonged episodes of diarrhea and …

The objective of this study was to evaluate an algorithm for the management of children with
persistent/chronic diarrhea at a community level hospital. The study was carried out in the …