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Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a type of fluid replacement used to prevent and treat dehydration, especially due to diarrhea. [1] It involves drinking water with modest amounts of sugar and salts, specifically sodium and potassium. [1]
DripDrop ORS is designed to promote rehydration and electrolyte replacement in ill children, based on the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Committee on Nutrition requirements to help prevent dehydration in infants and children.
Multiple candidate pharmacokinetic profiles were evaluated and tested in an attempt to determine the optimal way to deliver the drug, which was especially important given the puzzling failure of an existing extended-release formulation of methylphenidate (Ritalin SR) to act as expected. The zero-order (flat) release profile that the PPOP was ...
This powdered mixture was added to drums containing potable water and given to patients in cups. Due to local sourcing of all the materials, the cost was just 11 paise (1.5 cents) per litre of the solution. The family members of the patients were instructed to provide the patients with the ORS due to the simplicity of the therapy.
Hemendra Nath Chatterjee was an Indian scientist from West Bengal known for the earliest publication of a formula for Orally Rehydrated Saline (ORS) for diarrhea management in 1952. [1] [2] [3] Although his results were published in The Lancet, they didn't receive much recognition from Western scientists until later. [2]
David R. Nalin (born April 21, 1941) is an American physiologist, and Pollin Prize for Pediatric Research and Prince Mahidol Award, a.k.a. Mahidol Medal winner. Nalin had the key insight that oral rehydration therapy (ORT) would work if the volume of solution patients drank matched the volume of their fluid losses, and that this would drastically reduce or completely replace the only current ...
Garner directly contributed to change in the formulation of oral rehydration solution and global policies related to its use in treatment of diarrheal diseases. At the time the World Health Organization (WHO) used a 311mOsm/L solution as the standard and Garner's systematic review clearly showed that lower osmolarity of 240mOsm/L is more effective.
The ORS focuses on what has happened for the client between sessions and provides an early warning system for clients at risk of a negative outcome. [7] The results are discussed in a transparent manner to promote collaboration between the client and therapist in planning the next step, especially when there has been no progress.