Infectious Diarrhea and Dehydration in Childhood

Abstract

Hulya Cakmur, Kafkas Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Aile Hekimligi Anabilim Dali Kars, Turkiye, Tel. 0532 5935058 Email. hulyacakmur@gmail.com Gelis Tarihi: 23.02.2012 • Kabul Tarihi: 31.08.2012 ABSTRACT Acute infectious diarrhea is still a major problem through the world, although its greatest impact is in the poor, lessdeveloped countries where more than four million pre-school children die each year. The median number of diarrheal episodea in children less than three years of age in under-developoed countries is between two and six per year.