RT Book, Section
A1 Freedman, Stephen B.
A1 Thull-Freedman, Jennifer
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1175437602
T1 Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Dehydration in Infants and Children
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175437602
RD 2024/09/08
AB Acute  viral  gastroenteritis  is  the  most  common  cause  of  vomiting  and  diarrhea  in  children  and  continues  to  account  for  over  500,000  deaths  globally  each  year  in  children  <5  years  old.1  Transmission  of  GI  infections  can  be  reduced  by  attention  to  good  hand  washing,  which  can  reduce  the  incidence  of  diarrheal  disease  by  approximately  30%  in  both  high-  and  low-income  countries.2  The  provision  of  alcohol-based  hand  sanitizer  and  educational  materials  can  reduce  GI  illnesses  in  child  care  centers,3  and  a  multifactorial  intervention  including  hand  sanitizer  and  surface  disinfection  similarly  reduces  illness  due  to  enteric  pathogens  in  elementary  school  students.4