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. 2002 Jan 21;2002(1):CD002847. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002847
Methods RCT (double blind)
Participants 190 boys 1 to 24 months with diarrhoea and dehydration (WHO criteria).
Interventions
  1. Low osmolarity glucose ORS (245 mosmol/L)

  2. WHO standard ORS

Outcomes Stool output (24 h and total)
Fluid intake
Sodium
Potassium
Weight gain
Children who vomited
Mean weight gain
Duration of diarrhoea
Treatment failures
Notes