Research Article
Parents’ Attitudes toward Oral Rehydration Therapy in Children with Mild-to-Moderate Dehydration
Table 1
Characteristics of the patients.
| Sex | Male | 58 | Female | 42 |
| Age (years) | 0-1 | 18 | 1–3 | 33 | 3–9 | 22 | 9–17 | 27 |
| Dehydration characteristic | Vomiting | 41 | Clinical | 25 | Vomiting + clinical | 10 | Referring physician | 7 | Diarrhea | 6 | Lack of drinking | 3 | Diarrhea + clinical | 2 | Outpatient nurse | 1 | Do not know | 5 |
| Parents' expectation | IV fluids | 75 | Investigation | 1 | Do not know | 24 |
| Actual treatment | IV fluids | 85 | PO rehydration | 15 |
| Past ER treatment | IV fluids | 24 | PO fluids | 3 | Do not remember | 2 | No past ER refer | 71 |
| May have considered PO fluids | Yes | 50 | No | 49 | Do not know | 1 |
| May have considered gavage | Yes | 18 | No | 75 | Do not know | 7 |
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