Acute diarrhoea in infants and young children
Davidson, G.P.
Australian Family Physician 18(4): 385-387; 389
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8495 PMID: 2742557 Document Number: 382003
Acute diarrhoea is one of the commonest symptoms in paediatric practice. In most cases it will have an infectious cause. Acute diarrhoea in Australian children has a low mortality but significant morbidity. The major cause of death is unrecognised or underestimated dehydration.
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