To compare the clinical efficacy of hypo-osmolar oral rehydration salt (ORS) solution (224 mmol/l) and standard ORS solution (311 mmol/l) in severely malnourished (marasmic) children having less than 60% Harvard standard weight for age with dehydrating acute watery diarrhoea.
Division of Clinical Medicine, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33, CIT Road Scheme XM, Beliaghata, Calcutta 700 010, India. niced@cal2.vsnl.net.in
