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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
To optimise the composition of oral rehydration solutions (ORS) for European children is not a simple task. Although controlled clinical trial is ultimately the only way to determine whether a new solution is superior to an established ORS, testing many different formulations is neither feasible nor ethical. Several groups of investigators have evolved the concept of using animal models to test new ORS formulations. Disease-related animal models using perfusion of cholera toxin-treated rat small intestine or experimental rotavirus infection of neonatal rats suggest that optimal water absorption will be obtained by using a hypotonic ORS with a sodium concentration of 50-60 mmol/l and a glucose concentration of 50-100 mmol/l. Addition of citrate or bicarbonate had no benefit with respect to the promotion of water absorption.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-8843
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
364
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Disease-related animal models for optimising oral rehydration solution composition.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't