Cholera's western front

Rehydration is the essence of cholera treatment. Because of the rapid losses of fluid seen in cholera, achieving optimum fluid management can be a challenge for health-care providers who are unfamiliar with the disease.

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2010-12, Vol.376 (9757), p.1961-1965
Main Authors: Harris, Jason B, LaRocque, Regina C, Charles, Richelle C, Mazumder, Ramendra N, Khan, Azharul I, Bardhan, Pradip K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administration, Oral
Anti-Bacterial Agents - administration & dosage
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Caribbean Region - epidemiology
Case management
Children & youth
Cholera - diagnosis
Cholera - epidemiology
Cholera - mortality
Cholera - therapy
Cholera - transmission
Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data
Doxycycline - therapeutic use
Drinking water
Drug Administration Schedule
Earthquakes
Epidemics
Erythromycin - therapeutic use
Fatalities
Fluid Therapy - methods
Global Health
Haiti - epidemiology
Health care
Hospitals
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous
Internal Medicine
Latin America - epidemiology
Pandemics
Pandemics - statistics & numerical data
Public Health - standards
Public Health - statistics & numerical data
Rehydration Solutions - administration & dosage
Sanitation - standards
Tetracycline - therapeutic use
Vibrio cholerae O1 - isolation & purification
Water quality
Water Supply - standards
Waterborne diseases
World Health Organization
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Summary:Rehydration is the essence of cholera treatment. Because of the rapid losses of fluid seen in cholera, achieving optimum fluid management can be a challenge for health-care providers who are unfamiliar with the disease.
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62172-1