Citation

Quereshi UA, Bhat JI, Ali SW, Mir AA, Kambay AH, Bhat IN. Indian J. Pediatr. 2010; 77(6): 679-680.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, K C Chaudhuri Foundation and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12098-010-0095-0

PMID

20532680

Abstract

The packing and composition of ORS has undergone a change since its introduction. In India, some companies are manufacturing smaller pouches (4.2 g) to be dissolved in 200 ml of water. Therefore, out of confusion some prescribers routinely advise the patients to dissolve the standard formulation ORS pouch (21 g) in a glass (200 ml) of water. Two cases are discussed. First patient developed salt poisoning due to improper dilution and recovered after rapid correction. In the second patient improper reconstitution led to hypernatremia and death.

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