Course of uncomplicated acute gastroenteritis in children presenting to out-of-hours primary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this article is to describe the courses of vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and clinical deterioration, in children with uncomplicated gastroenteritis at presentation. This study was performed as a 7-day prospective follow-up study in an out-of-hours primary care service. The course of vomiting, diarrhea, and fever was analyzed by generalized linear mixed modeling. Because young children (≤ 12 months) and children with severe vomiting are at increased risk of dehydration, the potentially more complicated courses of these groups are described separately. The day(s) most frequently associated with deterioration and the symptoms present in children who deteriorated during follow-up were also described.

Results

In total, 359 children presented with uncomplicated

SUBMITTER: Weghorst AAH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9128130 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature