
Medical management practices for hospitalized children with acute diarrhea in Gaza city
Joint Authors
Lubbad, Ibrahim O.
al-Jidi, Ashraf Y.
Source
IUG Journal of Natural Studies
Issue
Vol. 27, Issue 2 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.21-29, 9 p.
Publisher
The Islamic University-Gaza Deanship of Research and Graduate Affairs
Publication Date
2019-12-31
Country of Publication
Palestine (Gaza Strip)
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Diarrheal Disease among children remains a major constituent of morbidity in Gaza City.
The way to ensure the quality of hospital care, produced to those patients, is to comply with the evidence-based guidelines.
This cross-sectional study was conducted to describe the commitment of the pediatricians in Gaza City to the WHO guidelines in the management practices of Acute Diarrhea among children less than 5 years.
During the peak of Diarrheal Disease (May to August 2016), a designed retrieval sheet was used to identify the pediatricians' actual practices, where 301 of the cases' records were retrieved from the pediatric hospitals.
Documenting most of the danger signs of Acute Diarrhea (3 and 4 compatible signs), specified by the guidelines, had a very low percentage (18.9%).
Documenting most of the dehydration signs (2 and 3 correct signs) had a percentage of 47.5%.
For classification of dehydration, only 27% of the classification practices were correct.
The percentage of medical records with a correct indication of Intravenous fluids and Oral Rehydration Solution were 16.3% and 65.4%, respectively.
The percentages of using of drugs were: 24.3% for zinc, 65.1% for antiemetics, 59.1% for antimicrobials, while the least was for antidiarrheal (5.6%).
The only statistically significant relationship was found between the cases' gender and the prescription of antidiarrheal (P-value = 0.007).
As there was no guideline to be complied with in Gaza City, the researcher highlighted the importance of adoption and application of the WHO Diarrheal Disease management guidelines, as well as the need to audit and regular feedback.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lubbad, Ibrahim O.& al-Jidi, Ashraf Y.. 2019. Medical management practices for hospitalized children with acute diarrhea in Gaza city. IUG Journal of Natural Studies،Vol. 27, no. 2, pp.21-29.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-888918
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lubbad, Ibrahim O.& al-Jidi, Ashraf Y.. Medical management practices for hospitalized children with acute diarrhea in Gaza city. IUG Journal of Natural Studies Vol. 27, no. 2 (2019), pp.21-29.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-888918
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lubbad, Ibrahim O.& al-Jidi, Ashraf Y.. Medical management practices for hospitalized children with acute diarrhea in Gaza city. IUG Journal of Natural Studies. 2019. Vol. 27, no. 2, pp.21-29.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-888918
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 28-29
Record ID
BIM-888918