Management of the mild-to-moderately dehydrated pediatric patient should emphasize the use of oral rehydration therapy (ORT) based on the degree of clinical dehydration. The clinical dehydration ...

He worked alongside another doctor to show that a simple rehydration therapy could check the ravages of cholera and other diarrhea-inducing diseases. By Clay Risen Richard A. Cash, who as a young ...

I do not know how to put this gently or tastefully, so I will factually describe what happened last night in Milwaukee: A former president of the United States held a rally, during which he used a ...

Pedialyte is an oral rehydration drink originally designed to treat dehydration from nausea and vomiting, especially in children. However, the brand has expanded beyond infant hydration, now offering ...

Heat exhaustion occurs when the body becomes dehydrated and is unable to regulate its internal body temperature. The condition is not usually considered life-threatening and is treatable with ...

Though the most common means of replenishing electrolytes is simply through drinking water and staying hydrated, this isn’t always enough to maintain a proper balance of mineral salts in the body.

including introduction of a glucose-electrolyte solution called Oral Rehydration Salts. But the basic approach remained unchanged: fast replacement of the critical fluids lost by patients battling ...

In the late 1960s, he went to Dhaka to work on cholera. There he became involved in the development of oral rehydration therapy — hailed as one of the most significant medical advances of the century.

So long as people were conscious and could drink oral rehydration salts, they would survive. Working with others at the Cholera Research Laboratory, Cash conducted field studies proving that oral ...

Cash and his colleagues had people drink water with carefully chosen salts and sugar, and found that the formula allowed for successful rehydration. So long as people were conscious and could drink ...