Silva GA, Lira PI, Lima Mde C. Risk factors for diarrheal disease in infants: a case-control study. Brasil. One of my most recent ones took me to Red Rocks for the day in an RV. We’re crushing hard on actress, model and all-around creative Ceara McAuliffe. Cad Saúde Pública. Epidemiologia. As for the risk factors associated with disease severity, only age, seasonality, fever, and antibiotic use were statistically significant on logistic regression (Table 4). 2006;12:304 - 6. Mean age was 16.5 ± 17.8 months. (2013). 1988;128:1322 - 9. The views expressed in this post are the author's own. Her family has a house out there and I have yet to visit. She recounts some stories of the neighborhood before it was known as cool as it is now. The study has shown that diarrhea was the third most common cause of hospitalization among children under 6 years of age in the region, young age and the need of antibio-tics, probably due to the development of sepsis or secondary infections, being significantly associated with disease severity. Uysal G, Sökmen A, Vidinlisa S. Clinical risk factors for fatal diarrhea in hospitalized children. Indicated for children with mild to moderate dehydration, ORT is considered simple, with low cost, free of complications, less traumatic and with similar efficacy to intravenous rehydration therapy (VRT)(4, 9, 10).. There was no death during hospitali-zation for ADD. It is noteworthy that, although not statistically significant, the association of the nutritional status with the severity of the diarrheic episode has been reported by several authors(16). Griffin PM, Ryan CA, Nyaphisi M, Hargrett-Bean N, Waldman R J, Blake PA. Risk factors for fatal diarrhea: a case-control study of African children. [ Links ], 31. The need of antibiotic therapy during hospitalization was the main risk factor for a poorer outcome and longer duration of the diarrheic episode in our study, a fact sugges-ting that the diarrhea may have been the initial presentation of sepsis, as judged by the assistant physician, or may have favored the development of secondary infections(4). The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of ADD, and identify the possible association of sociodemographic and biological determinants with ADD severity in children under 6 years of age hospitalized in public institutions of the municipality of Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil. Teixeira C. Passado, presente e futuro da prevenção. Diarrhea is not part of the set of diseases of compulsory notification, and its actual figures are little known in Brazil(12). In the event of the same patient being hospitalized in different periods, each admission was considered a new case. [ Links ], 2. Ceara McAuliffe, Actress: A Summer Home. Os pacientes com diarreia aguda foram divididos em dois grupos, de acordo com a gravidade do quadro e foi considerado diarreia grave o período de hospitalização maior ou igual a 4 dias. The histopathological changes caused by bacteria are important in the occurrence of food intolerance, worsening of nutritional status and prolonged diarrhea, justifying more severe, antibiotic therapy and prolonged hospitalization. The global burden of diarrhoeal disease, as estimated from studies published between 1992 and 2000. Making a difference . Acta Paediatr. Some of the information files necessary to fill the questionnaire were incomplete, inaccurate or measures inappropriately. Knowing the prevalence and risk factors associated with the severity of acute diarrhea is essential to control morbidity and mortality. This analysis allows for comparisons with primary data to be made, and also for indirect assessment of the primary and secondary measures implemented for disease control(24). In Brazil, diarrhea accounted for 7.2% of hospitalizations in 2008(7), being responsible for 2.5% of all deaths of children under 5 years of age(8). Honor rolls are determined using an unweighted/weighted grade point, whichever is higher. Impacto de programas de saúde a nível familiar e comunitário: evidências do programa saúde da família [Internet]. CONCLUSIONS: Diarrhea is the third most common cause of hospitalization among children under 6 years of age in Juiz de Fora. [ Links ], 23. Managing acute gastroenteritis among children - oral rehydration, maintenance, and nutritional therapy. We visited Ceara at home, where she cooked us lunch, caught us up on her current projects, and showed us her serious swimming pool basketball skills. In the cases where diarrhea was present, the following independent variables were analyzed: sex, age, weight, signs and symptoms (vomiting, fever, coughing, rhinorrhea, abdominal pain, headache), nutritional status (according to the World Health Organization's standardized percentile curves, 2006/2007), year and month of disease onset, length of hospital stay, number of diarrheic episodes, dehydration, need of intravenous rehydration, use of antibiotics, and admitting institution. All relevant variables had their descriptive statistics calculated. MMWR Recomm Rep. 2003;52(RR16):1-16. 540-210-6308 Gavryel Towers. Parashar UD, Gibson CJ, Bresee JS, Glass RI.