This section may be photocopied and distributed to families. Spanish translation of this handout available at http://evolve.elsevier.com/Wong/clinical. Oral Rehydration Guidelines* Plan A (to Prevent Dehydration) Use this plan if your child has: • Been seen at a health care facility and was found to have no signs of dehydration • Been treated at a health care facility with treatment plan B until dehydration was corrected • Recently developed diarrhea but has not yet been seen at a health care facility Give the child more fluids than usual to prevent dehydration. Exception: an infant under 12 months should be given only fluids with electrolytes such as Pedialyte or breast milk. Do not give excess water to infants. Give the child plenty of food to prevent undernutrition. Take the child to a health care facility if the diarrhea does not get better or if signs of dehydration or other serious illness develop. Pedialyte, Gastrolyte, Infalyte (formerly Ricelyte), or other commercial oral rehydration solution World Health Organization (WHO) oral rehydration salt packet mixed in 1 liter of water A homemade sugar–salt solution may be made if none of the fluids just listed are available; however, these solutions are readily available and preferred to the homemade solution. How Much Fluid to Give by Mouth Give this much fluid after each loose stool; repeat after every stool until diarrhea stops:
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