@Article{, title={Types of dehydration from diarrhoea in children in Karbala}, author={Ghusoon Ghanem}, journal={Karbala Journal of Medicine مجلة كربلاء الطبية}, volume={2 no.8, 9}, number={5}, pages={702-709}, year={2009}, abstract={Background: Dehydration as a result of diarrhoea continues to be a leading cause ofdeath in children, especially in developing countries and in these countries, diarrheaoutbreaks are more often linked to contaminated water supplies, person to –personcontact in places such as child – care centres, or food poisoning. This study hasfocused on children under 3 years of age who have been admitted to Karbala pediatrichospital with diarrhoea and dehydration from January to July 2008 and the types ofdehydration from diarrhoea for these children were studied with relation betweenthese types and different ages and types of feeding with the level of serum sodiumconcentrations.Objective: To evaluate which types of dehydration is common between children withdiarrhoea in Karbala.Materials and Methods : We present the results to retrospective analysis of the typesof diarrhoea dehydration in 150 cases admitted to Karbala paediatric hospital in 6months period in summer 2008 in Karbala in relation to age and nutritional state ofchildren, of 150 children 27(18.1 %) were hypernatremia ; 122(81.9 %) wereisonatramia .and we divided the children into three groups age the first age groupfrom ( 1-12), the second age group (13-24) and the third age group ( 25-36)Results: There are a significant in the level of serum sodium concentration among thechildren with breast , artificial and mixed feeding ; while there are no significantbetween the artificial and mixed feeding. However There are a significant in the levelof serum sodium concentration among the children in the three age groups; and thereare a significant in the two types of dehydration status moderate and severe.Conclusion: It has been deduced that there are two kinds of dehydration fromdiarrhoea in this study in Karbala, hypernatramic and isonatramic from total sample,while no signs lead to existence hyponatramic type.

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