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2017•Paediatrica IndonesianaOpen access

Death Due to Diarrhea: Before and After National Rehydration Program

W.A.F.J. Tumbelaka, Sunoto Sunoto

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Diarrheal diseases still constitute one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Indonesian children. The ertiology is multi-complex as in other developing countries. In 1974 a National Seminar on Rehydration was held in Jakarta and a rehydration program started with a standardized treatment of Ringer's Lactate and oral rehydration (ROSE SYSTEM). As a result the case fatality rate of diarrheal diseases has been dramatically reduced for for gastroenteritis and cholera.

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Diarrheal diseases still constitute one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Indonesian children. The ertiology is multi-complex as in other developing countries. In 1974 a National Seminar on Rehydration was held in Jakarta and a rehydration program started with a standardized treatment of Ringer's Lactate and oral rehydration (ROSE SYSTEM). As a result the case fatality rate of diarrheal diseases has been dramatically reduced for for gastroenteritis and cholera.

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Diarrheal diseases still constitute one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in Indonesian children. The ertiology is multi-complex as in other developing countries. In 1974 a National Seminar on Rehydration was held in Jakarta and a rehydration program started with a standardized treatment of Ringer's Lactate and oral rehydration (ROSE SYSTEM). As a result the case fatality rate of diarrheal diseases has been dramatically reduced for for gastroenteritis and cholera.

Key concepts: Medicine, Case fatality rate, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Oral rehydration therapy, Cholera, Indonesian, Mortality rate

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