Oral rehydration of malnourished children with diarrhoea and dehydration: A systematic review [version 3; referees: 2 approved]

Background: Diarrhoea complicates over half of admissions to hospital with severe acute malnutrition (SAM). World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for the management of dehydration recommend the use of oral rehydration with ReSoMal (an oral rehydration solution (ORS) for SAM), which has lower so...

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Main Authors: Kirsty A. Houston, Jack G. Gibb, Kathryn Maitland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wellcome 2017-10-01
Series:Wellcome Open Research
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Online Access:https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/2-66/v3