Rehydration with carrot-rice based oral rehydration solution is more efficient than glucose-based oral rehydration solution in the treatment of children with acute diarrhoea
Pietschnig, B.; Javaid, N.; Haschke, F.; Huemer, C.; Schuster, E.
Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde 140(7): 426-430
1992
Document Number: 236658
The efficacy and safety of a carrot-rice-based rehydration solution (Na 57 mmol/litre, n = 70) and 2 glucose-based solutions (high or low Na, 90 (n = 48) and 55 (n = 60) mmol/litre, respectively) was evaluated in Pakistani children, 3 to 48 months old with acute diarrhoea. Duration of diarrhoea was significantly lower (P<0.05) in the group receiving the carrot-rice than the high or low Na glucose-electrolyte solutions (59.5+or-30.9 vs. 75.5+or-30.5 and 74.8+or-32.5 h, respectively). Mean faecal output (P<0.01) and fluid intake (P<0.001) were significantly lower in infants and children receiving the carrot-based rehydration solution. No major electrolyte imbalances were observed in the 3 groups. It is concluded that the carrot-rice-based rehydration solution was safe and more effective than the 2 conventional glucose-electrolyte solutions in the rehydration of infants and children with acute diarrhoea.