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Glob Pediatr Health. 2017 Nov 07;4:2333794X17740223. doi: 10.1177/2333794X17740223. eCollection 2017.

Determinants and Outcome of Metabolic Acidosis in Diarrheal Children Under 5 Years of Age in an Urban Critical Care Ward in Bangladesh.

Global pediatric health

Sharifuzzaman, Monira Sarmin, Tahmeed Ahmed, Tahmina Alam, Shoeb Bin Islam, Md Munirul Islam, Mohammod Jobayer Chisti

Affiliations

  1. International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

PMID: 29152544 PMCID: PMC5680939 DOI: 10.1177/2333794X17740223

Abstract

We evaluated the independent determinants and outcome of metabolic acidosis in diarrheal children. Children under 5 years of age admitted with diarrhea and severe respiratory distress in the critical care ward at Dhaka Hospital of icddr,b (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh) from April 2010 to April 2014 who had their reports of arterial blood gas analyses were enrolled in the study. We compared clinical and laboratory characteristics between the study children with (cases = 74) and without metabolic acidosis (controls = 65). Metabolic acidosis was defined if pH < 7.35 and HCO

Keywords: dehydration; malnutrition; metabolic acidosis; severe sepsis

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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