口服补液盐治疗婴幼儿腹泻脱水临床疗效观察

Therapeutic Results of ORS in Infantile Diarrheal Dehydration

婴幼儿腹泻为小儿常见病,近年来许多国家采用了世界卫生组织(WHO)推荐的口服补液盐(简称ORS)治疗婴幼儿腹泻引起的脱水,取得一定效果。国内亦有报道,认为有效率可达96~97%.

Oral rehydration salts(ORS)was used in treating mild or moderate dehydration caused by infantile diarrhea in the past 6 months from June to November,1983,62 cases of infantile diarrhea aged under 3 years were randomly divided into two groups:One group was rehydrated with ORS therapy(ORS group)and the other with intravenous therapy(ⅳgroup).The ORS formula used is as follows:sodium chloride 3.5g,sodium bicarbonate 2.5g,potassium chloride 1.5g and glucose 20g in 1,000ml of water.The results were as follows:(1)In the ORS group the effective rate in the treatment of dehydration due to infantile diarrhea was 96.8%.There is no difference between theⅳgroup and the ORS group.Therefore,the iv rehydration may be substituted by ORS;(2)for preventing and treating hypokalemia,ORS is better than iv therapy and(3)it is worth to popularize ORS therapy in our country.