Acute Diarrhea in Adults and Children

CONTENTS Introduction and epidemiologic features Clinical manifestations and diagnosis Treatment options and prevention Clinical practice List of Tables Table 1 Clinical features of infection with selected diarrheal pathogens Table 2 Assessment of dehydration using the “Dhaka method” Table 3 Nonspecific antidiarrheal agents Table 4 Antimicrobial agents for the treatment of specific causes of diarrhea List of Figures Figure 1 Therapeutic approach to acute bloody diarrhea in children Figure 2 Cascade for acute, severe, watery diarrhea—cholera-like, with severe dehydration. See above for the recipe for home-made oral fluid Figure 3 Cascade for acute, mild/moderate, watery diarrhea—with mild/moderate dehydration. See above for the recipe for home-made oral fluid Figure 4 Cascade for acute bloody diarrhea—with mild/moderate dehydration INTRODUCTION AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC FEATURES According…