Sahibzada Syed Masoodus Syed, Khalid Solehri, Muhammand Saleem Akhter, Muhammad Aleem Nawaz, Sumera Sarfraz, Aamir Shahzad, Muhammad Tahir.
Diarrhoea as we saw at a district hospital.
Pak J Pathol Jan ;11(3):117-8.

A study was conducted in Allama Iqbal Memorial Hospital, Sialkot from 1992-1996 to analyze the patients admitted with the diagnosis of diarrhea. 1000 cases under 2 years were studied. Results: 45% mothers gave home made fluids for diarrhea, 27% mothers gave food along with ORS. 55% mothers gave ORS for treating diarrhea, while 45% gave medications for treating diarrhea. Incidence of diarrhea under 4 months with exclusive breast feeding was 23%, exclusive bottle feeding 33%, mixed (breast+bottle) feeding 44%. 67% cases came with moderate dehydration, 33% cases came with severe dehydration. 6% children came with bloody diarrhea.

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