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David R. Nalin, MD; Norbert Hirschhorn, MD; William Greenough III, MD; George J. Fuchs, MD; Richard A. Cash, MD

JAMA. 2004;291:2632-2635.

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Demonstration of the benefits of oral therapy for cholera in 1968¹ soon led to application of the method to all forms of infectious diarrheal diseases.² The original oral rehydration solution (ORS) formulation developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) (Table 1) struck a compromise between the ideal solutions for these diverse disorders to meet the programmatic goal of a single formulation and packaging for global use in cholera and noncholera diarrheas, in both adults and children. Recently, WHO recommended a new oral solution (Table 1) for all acute diarrheas, including cholera. This new formula would replace the original ORS, which saved millions of lives, with a new formulation containing less sodium and glucose.³ This change was ostensibly to reduce gross stool volume and use of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Consequence of a Lower-Sodium Solution

Author Affiliations: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn (Dr Hirschhorn); Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md (Dr Greenough); University of Arkansas Medical School, Little Rock (Dr Fuchs); and Harvard School of Public Health, Camrbidge, Mass (Dr Cash).

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