Treatment to Patients with Acute Diarrhea: Survey to a Group of General Practitioners from Mexico
Objective: to know the clinical features and treatment in cases of acute diarrhea given by General Practitioners in Mexico. Methods: during 2015 it was conducted a survey with general practitioners from 26 cities of Mexico. Results: 109 medical provided data of 1 840 patients with acute diarrhea, fr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication date: | 2016 |
| Country: | México |
| Institution: | UNAM |
| Repository: | Atención Familiar |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/57351 |
| Online Access: | https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/atencion_familiar/article/view/57351 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | acute diarrhea antibiotic Rifaximin probiotics diarrea aguda antibióticos rifaximina probióticos |
| Summary: | Objective: to know the clinical features and treatment in cases of acute diarrhea given by General Practitioners in Mexico. Methods: during 2015 it was conducted a survey with general practitioners from 26 cities of Mexico. Results: 109 medical provided data of 1 840 patients with acute diarrhea, from 1 to 98 years of age (media 34 years), 90% had less than 48 hours of evolution of a media of six evacuations a day, liquid or semi-liquid; 37% mucus or blood in the stool, 41.9% fever, 38.7% of the patients had previously received treatment with antimicrobials and/or antidiarrheal. The prescribed treatment was oral (93%) and intravenous (7%) hydration; antimicrobial (90.7%), mostly Rifaximin (75.6%); in 17.6% the combination of antimicrobials were prescribed. Probiotics were prescribed to 57.1%; and antidiarrheal to 23%. In all cases the diarrhea disappeared within four days or less. A relationship between treatments and therapeutic response was not established since most patients received antimicrobials. Conclusions: the treatment of acute diarrhea prescribed by the interviewed physicians was: oral hydration, antibiotics (mainly Rifaximin) and probiotics. In all cases diarrhea disappeared within four days or less. |
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