Sinuhaji A B, Sutanto A H
Department of Child Health, School of Medicine, University of North Sumatera, Medan.
Paediatr Indones. 1991 Jan-Feb;31(1-2):9-17.
A retrospective study was done on infants with diarrhea who were hospitalized at the Pediatric ward of Dr. Pirngadi Hospital, Medan in a period of one year (January 1 to December 31, 1986). There were 3317 hospitalized patients and 1506 (45.40%) of them had diarrhea. Of these, 773 (51.32%) were in the age group of under 2 years. Thirty eight patients (4.91%) with infantile diarrhea died and prolonged diarrhea was found in 54 (6.98%) cases.