An interventive study on the 7th communes, Ho»ng Ho¸ district, Thanh Ho¸ province during4/1994 -12/1996 aimed to determine some factors that impacted on efficacy of the home treatment of acute diarrhea. The result showed that more than 50 health cadres did not instruct or incorrectly instructed the method of preparation as well as method of using some self- prepared solutions such as water of boiled rice, salt porridge and fried rice water..10% health cadres did not instruct about the use of traditional medicine or anti-diarrhea drugs. 37,5% health cadres did not instruct for mother about the more severve signs that need take children to health station leading to 8,33% patients with severe dehydration when coming to health station.
diarrhea ; Acute Disease

Acute diarrhea ; seconds

Pediatric acute diarrhea is most common disease in developing countries, according WHO. Treating for acute diarrhea in recent years had substantial improvements. Statistic data of children with acute diarrhea who admitted to the Pediatric Department of Military Hospital 108 between 1987 - 1993 was analysed. Use of antibiotics decreased from 63% in 1987 to 18.2% in 1993. Use of oral ORESOL (for patients with grade A of dehydration) increase from 79.3% in 1987 to 100% in 1993. Nutritional diet should be maintained for children during and after disease period
diarrhea ; Acute Disease ; therapeutics ; child

There was an acute diarrhea outbreak at Vu Thu and Tien Hai districts, Thai Binh province in 2000. The rates of cholera vibrio types were isolated on patients as followed: 16 cases of V.ogawa, 1 case of V.Inaba, 1 case of V.parahaemolyticus. The effective antibiotic consisted of ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, amoxycilline. The severe grade was 13,7%, mild grade was 86,3%. The rate of toilet with sanitary standard was low. Households using fresh water were low. Sea food was the cause of infection
diarrhea ; Acute Disease ; Disease Outbreaks

Acute Disease ; Child, Preschool ; Diarrhea ; complications ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction ; diagnosis ; etiology ; Male

OBJECTIVETo observe the effect of warming moxibustion on Shenque acupoint (RN8) for the treatment of acute diarrhea in children with infantile cerebral palsy (ICP).

METHODSClinical observation was performed on 60 ICP children suffering from acute diarrhea, who were randomly assigned to two groups equally. The Mox group was treated with warming moxibustion on Shenque acupoint (RN8) and the control group treated with Smecta. The efficacy was evaluated by markedly effective rate and total effective rate after a 6-day treatment, diarrhea arresting time as well as stool examination normalization rate and rotavirus negative reversion rate after a 3-day treatment.

RESULTSThe total effective rate in the two groups was insignificantly different (P>0.05), but the markedly effective rate was significantly higher in the Mox group than in the control group (P<0.01); a significant difference was also seen between groups in terms of diarrhea arresting time, stool examination normalization rate and rotavirus negative reversion rate (all P<0.05).

CONCLUSIONWarming moxibustion on Shenque acupoint is an effective treatment for acute diarrhea in ICP children, with advantages of simple manipulation and rapid effect initiation.

Acupuncture Points ; Acute Disease ; Cerebral Palsy ; complications ; Diarrhea, Infantile ; therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Male ; Moxibustion ; methods

Vibrio fluvialis is one of the non-cholera, halophilic, gram-negative bacterium that causes gastroenteritis. There have been a few reports of V. fluvialis infections worldwide. In the present report, one case of gastroenteritis caused by V. fluvialis which occurred in chronic liver disease patient in Korea is presented. This was a rare case of gastroenteritis caused by V. fluvialis in 39-years old man who had no history of seafood ingestion. He was admitted because of severe watery diarrhea and abdominal pain, and developed acute renal failure. The patient was improved after fluid and antibiotic therapy for 2 weeks.
Abdominal Pain ; Acute Kidney Injury ; Adult ; Diarrhea ; Eating ; Gastroenteritis* ; Humans ; Korea ; Liver Diseases ; Seafood ; Vibrio*

Vibrio fluvialis is one of the non-cholera, halophilic, gram-negative bacterium that causes gastroenteritis. There have been a few reports of V. fluvialis infections worldwide. In the present report, one case of gastroenteritis caused by V. fluvialis which occurred in chronic liver disease patient in Korea is presented. This was a rare case of gastroenteritis caused by V. fluvialis in 39-years old man who had no history of seafood ingestion. He was admitted because of severe watery diarrhea and abdominal pain, and developed acute renal failure. The patient was improved after fluid and antibiotic therapy for 2 weeks.
Abdominal Pain ; Acute Kidney Injury ; Adult ; Diarrhea ; Eating ; Gastroenteritis* ; Humans ; Korea ; Liver Diseases ; Seafood ; Vibrio*

A retrospective analysis of clinical findings in 23 patients with Y. pseudotuberculosis infection who visited Department of Pediatrics of Han Il Hospital from May. 1990 to June, 1992 was performed. 1) The most prevalent age group was 7 to 12 years (16 case: 69.6)and male-to-female ratio was 1.1:1. 2) Monthly distribution showed a high frequency in April, May and June (22 cases:95.7%) 3) The common symptoms were fever(23 cases:100%), abdominal pain (18 cases: 78.3%) vomiting(16 cases: 69.6%), diarrhea (13 cases: 56.7%), rash (13 cases: 56.5%)and acute renal failure (6 cases: 26.1%) in order of frequency, respectively. 4) The laboratory findings were anemia (17.4%), WBC>1(10E4/mm((73.9%), ESR>20mm/hr (91.3%), CRP>3+(91.3%), Positive Widal test (13.0%), BUN>20mg/dl (26.1%) and creatinine> 1.2mg/dl (26.1%). 5) The most common serotype was 4a (30.4%), followed by 4b, 5b, 2b, 2c, 5a, 1b, 1a, 6 in order of frequency. The results suggest that Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection is one of the important causes of the important causes of fever, eruptive skin diseases and acute renal failure in Korean children and further studies including epidemiology, pathogenesis, etc, are needed.
Abdominal Pain ; Acute Kidney Injury ; Anemia ; Child ; Diarrhea ; Epidemiology ; Exanthema ; Fever ; Humans ; Pediatrics ; Retrospective Studies ; Skin Diseases ; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis* ; Yersinia*

PURPOSE: L aparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) i s a c ommonly p erformed procedure for t he management of acute cholecystitis. The presence of an inexperienced scopist or a shortage of manpower could be problematic in emergency surgical cases. To overcome these potential problems while ensuring a stable surgical view during LC, we performed solo surgery. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the results of 22 patients who underwent solo three-incision LC (S-TILC) and 31 patients who underwent the conventional three-incision LC (C-TILC) from March 1, 2015, to August 31, 2015. We compared the two groups with respect to the patients' clinical characteristics, and intraoperative and postoperative results; and severity grade as defined by the updated Tokyo guidelines 2013 (TG13) criteria. RESULTS: No significant differences in baseline characteristics were found between the two groups. The intraoperative perforation rates were higher in the C-TILC group than in the S-TILC group (p=0.016). Two cases were converted to human-assisted LC in the S-TILC group because of severe adhesions and the scope holder breaking down. No significant differences were found between the groups with respect to length of hospital stay; postoperative diet habit; or rates of post-cholecystectomy diarrhea, abdominal pain, wound complication, or complication according to the Clavien-Dindo grade. CONCLUSION: S-TILC and C-TILC were comparable in terms of results, and this solo surgery in LC could be performed for cases of acute cholecystitis during shortage of skilled manpower.
Abdominal Pain ; Cholecystectomy ; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic* ; Cholecystitis, Acute* ; Diarrhea ; Emergencies ; Food Habits ; Humans ; Length of Stay ; Retrospective Studies ; Wounds and Injuries