ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY

Abstract

A bibliography is now available that presents abstracts from a collection of 133 separately published articles dealing with oral rehydration therapy—a prime vehicle for reducing the mortality caused by diarrhoea. Compiled through efforts supported jointly by PAHO and several USA Government agencies, the bibliography is designed to assist perusal and use of a large body of information that has recently emerged on this important subject.

The abstracted articles have been organized into five categories: the history, implementation, and impact of oral rehydration therapy, clinical trials, and work dealing with the composition of the oral rehydration solution. Articles relating to more than one of these categories have been placed in the section to which they relate most closely and have been cross-listed in all other appropriate categories. Overall, it is expected that this bibliography will prove useful to those immediately involved with oral rehydration therapy and also to those concerned more generally with the problems posed by diarrhoeal disease.

Copies may be obtained free of charge from Distribution and Sales, Pan American Health Organization, 525 Twenty-third Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20037, USA. The bibliography exists in English and Spanish versions.