TOPIC

Dehydration Status of Children 3-24 Months with Rota-Virus Diarrhoea at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital

AUTHORS

Goretty Laker, Jolly Nankunda, Bernis Maren Melvis, Martin Nduwimana, Joel Kimera, Dickson Kajoba, Richard Justine Odong, Isaac Edyedu and Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu

ABSTRACT
The study was done to determine the prevalence of rotavirus diarrhea among children 3 to 24 months old at Fort Portal Regional Referral hospital. This was a hospital based cross sectional, descriptive and analytical study design to determine the prevalence, dehydration status and factors associated with Rota-virus diarrhea in children 3- 24 months in Fort Portal Regional Referral hospital. The study was carried out at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital pediatric (ward, OPD, Nutrition unit). Among the study participants with Rotavirus diarrhoea, majority had some dehydration 28(66.7%) while only 4.8% had severe dehydration.  Majority of the participants with rotavirus diarrhea had some dehydration.

Keywords: dehydration status, rotavirus, diarrhea, children, 3-24 months, Uganda

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PUBLISHED

2023-02-2

HOW TO CITE

Goretty Laker, Jolly Nankunda, Bernis Maren Melvis, Martin Nduwimana, Joel Kimera, Dickson Kajoba, Richard Justine Odong, Isaac Edyedu and Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu (2023).Dehydration Status of Children 3-24 Months with Rota-Virus Diarrhoea at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital. INOSR Applied Sciences 10(1):78-85.