1. Kumar reported on 288 children with gastroenteritis admitted in 1982-3.13 Forty one per cent had seen their general practitioner but had no treatment prescribed; 16% had received inappropriate medication; and only 12% had received oral glucose electrolyte solutions. Ellis found 40% of his study population in 1982 who had never seen their general practitioner, 70% had never received glucose electrolyte solutions, and 55% had received inadequate fluid volume at home." Twenty six per cent had received antidiarrhoeals and 18% inappropriate antibiotics
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