oral rehydration therapy

collocation in English

meaningsoforal,rehydrationandtherapy

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oral
adjective
uk
/ˈɔː.rəl/us
/ˈɔːr.əl/
spoken and ...
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rehydration
noun[U]
uk
/ˌriː.haɪˈdreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌriː.haɪˈdreɪ.ʃən/
the process of putting water into someone's body when they are suffering from dehydration (= a lack ...
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therapy
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈθer.ə.pi/us
/ˈθer.ə.pi/
a treatment that helps someone feel better, grow stronger, etc., especially after ...
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That is despite the success of immunisation programmes, oralrehydrationtherapyand other advances.
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Oralrehydrationtherapyis the provision of a simple formula of salts that prevents any person, but especially a child, from dying of dehydration.
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What is needed is 50p per child for antibiotics, 5p per child for oralrehydrationtherapysalts and 6·5p per child for vaccines.
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This is the basis of oralrehydrationtherapy.
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Oralrehydrationtherapysaves the lives of millions of cholera patients in underdeveloped countries since the 1980s.
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Public health campaigns to combat rotavirus focus on providing oralrehydrationtherapyfor infected children and vaccination to prevent the disease.
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The most common home-based illness treatment is the use of oralrehydrationtherapyto treat diarrhea in children.
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Adequate fluid intake (oralrehydrationtherapy) is essential to replace lost fluids and electrolytes.
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Short-term vomiting is not a contraindication to receiving oralrehydrationtherapy.
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Dehydration due to diarrhea can be effectively treated through oralrehydrationtherapywith dramatic reductions in mortality.
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Methods used in the management of dehydration include assisted drinking or oralrehydrationtherapy.
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Oralrehydrationtherapywith rehydration salts is often beneficial to replace lost fluids and electrolytes.
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Oralrehydrationtherapyis thought to have saved over 40 million people worldwide.
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Progress has been accelerated by expanding basic child health interventions, including vaccinations, oralrehydrationtherapyfor diarrhea, micronutrients, and treatment of severe acute malnutrition.
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The primary treatment is oralrehydrationtherapy, typically with oral rehydration solution, to replace water and electrolytes.
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Oralrehydrationtherapyhas contributed to a major reduction in diarrhoea deaths.
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Country-wide implementation of oralrehydrationtherapyand other control measures dramatically reduced child mortality.
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In cases of cholera gravis involving severe dehydration, up to 60% of patients can die; however, less than 1% of cases treated withrehydrationtherapyare fatal.
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He was one of the inventors and developers of the life-saving method called oralrehydrationtherapy for adults and children suffering fluid loss from cholera and other infectious diarrheal illnesses.
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In more severe cases, correction of a dehydrated state is accomplished by the replenishment of necessary water and electrolytes (through oralrehydrationtherapyor fluid replacement by intravenous therapy).
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