ArticleJournal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition2020
Acute Gastroenteritis in Children of the World: What Needs to Be Done?
Article in Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Gastroenteritis in middle-aged and elderly adults in rural China: associations with sociodemographic, lifestyle, and dietary factors.BMC gastroenterology · 2026Article
- Seasonal dynamics and genetic diversity of non-polio enteroviruses in hospitalized children with acute gastroenteritis in Pune, India.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Prevalence of astrovirus-associated gastroenteritis among hospitalized pediatric patients in Asia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology · 2026Review
- Detection and assessment of fecal carriage of gastrointestinal pathogens in healthy community adults: a year-long study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Prevalence of sapovirus infection among hospitalized pediatric patients in Asia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of virology · 2026Article
- Italian multidisciplinary delphi consensus on home management of nausea and vomiting in children with acute gastroenteritis (NoEmesi Project).Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
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- Probiotic Characteristics of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CECT 9435 and Its Survival and Competitive Properties Under Simulated Conditions of the Child Gut Microbiota.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2025Article
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Abstract
The incidence of gastroenteritis has greatly reduced due to improved hygiene conditions in developing countries and the use of rotavirus vaccine. Still thousands of children, however, die from gastroenteritis, most of them in poor countries. Yet gastroenteritis management is simple, inexpensive, and effective and is largely the same all over the world. Universal guidelines for gastroenteritis guide the management and include simple interventions put forward early in the course of the disease. Treatment includes rehydration, continuing oral feeding, and anti-infective drugs in selected clinical conditions related to the symptoms or to host-related risk, and possible additional drug treatment to reduce the duration and severity of symptoms. There may be minor geographical differences in the treatment applied due to health care organizations that do not substantially change the standard universal recommendations. Prevention is recommended with sanitation interventions and rotavirus universal immunization. Implementation of those interventions through educational initiatives and local programs in target areas are needed. A series of recommendations for interventions, education, and research priorities are included here with the aim of reducing the burden of gastroenteritis, to be pursued by scientists, physicians, policy makers, and stakeholders involved. They include the need of recommendations for the management of gastroenteritis in malnourished children, in those with chronic conditions, in neonates, and in emergency settings. A reference system to score dehydration, the definition of optimal composition of rehydration solution and the indications for anti-infective therapy are also included. Rotavirus immunization should be actively promoted, and evidence-based guidelines should be universally implemented. Research priorities are also indicated.
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