Comparison of Sucrose and Glucose in the Oral Electrolyte Therapy of Cholera and Other Severe Diarrheas
- 17 November 1977
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 297 (20), 1107-1110
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm197711172972007
Abstract
Oral glucose electrolyte solution is now established as simple, effective and relatively inexpensive fluid-replacement therapy1 2 3 4 5 for severe diarrheal disease, the leading cause of morbidity in the developing world. Cholera, the illness with most massive stool loss, has been treated successfully with oral solution in the hospital as well as in the field situation,6 , 7 and in children8 9 10 as well as in adults. The electrolyte components (table salt, sodium bicarbonate and a potassium salt) are cheap, available and easily stored. Glucose, which is necessary to promote intestinal absorption of sodium and concomitantly of water,11 is relatively expensive and may not be available . . .Keywords
This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
- Nutritional Status: A Determinant of Severity of Diarrhea in Patients with CholeraThe Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1976
- SUCROSE IN ORAL THERAPY FOR CHOLERA AND RELATED DIARRHŒASThe Lancet, 1975
- Use of an Oral Glucose-Electrolyte Solution in the Treatment of Paediatric Cholera--A controlled studyJournal of Tropical Pediatrics, 1974
- ORAL FLUID THERAPY OF APACHE CHILDREN WITH ACUTE INFECTIOUS DIARRHŒAThe Lancet, 1972
- Oral or nasogastric maintenance therapy in pediatric cholera patientsThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1971
- Oral or nasogastric maintenance therapy for diarrhoea of unknown aetiology resembling choleraTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1970
- ORAL MAINTENANCE THERAPY FOR CHOLERA IN ADULTSThe Lancet, 1968
- Decrease in Net Stool Output in Cholera during Intestinal Perfusion with Glucose-Containing SolutionsNew England Journal of Medicine, 1968
- The mechanisms of sodium absorption in the human small intestineJCI Insight, 1968
- INTESTINAL ABSORPTION IN PROTEIN-CALORIE MALNUTRITIONThe Lancet, 1968