RT Book, Section
A1 Parker, Michelle W.
A1 Cruz, Andrea T.
A2 Shah, Samir S.
A2 Kemper, Alex R.
A2 Ratner, Adam J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1157322235
T1 Gastroenteritis
T2 Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861536
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157322235
RD 2024/04/19
AB Gastroenteritis  is  either  the  acute  onset  of  vomiting  or  the  acute  onset  of  diarrhea  with  or  without  vomiting.  Vomiting  is  the  acute  onset  of  forceful  expulsion  of  gastric  secretions  through  the  oral  cavity  and  should  be  differentiated  from  posttussive  emesis  and  gastroesophageal  reflux.  Diarrhea  is  defined  as  loose  or  watery  stools  that  exceed  the  child’s  usual  number  of  daily  bowel  movements  by  two  or  more.1Dysentery  is  the  presence  of  bloody  diarrhea  and  fever.