Prevalence of Dehydration and Use of Oral Electrolytes in Adults and Older adults with Nondiarrheal Conditions: A Retrospective, Real-world, Database Study.

Q3 Medicine
Sumit Bhatia, Manoj Chawla, Priti Thakor, Harshad Malve, Amol Patil
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Abstract

Introduction: Dehydration due to nondiarrheal conditions often goes underrecognized. Physicians rely on the guidelines for the treatment of diarrheal dehydration to treat nondiarrheal dehydration. However, treatment of nondiarrheal dehydration requires fluid, electrolyte, and energy (FEE) drinks with additional energy, which help overcome the FEE deficits created due to hypermetabolic response to such conditions.

Methodology: Anonymized and aggregated data retrieved from the HealthPlix electronic medical record (EMR) database was used to understand the usage of oral electrolytes in nondiarrheal conditions in nondiabetic patients and their effect on the resolution of fever and respiratory tract infection (RTI).

Results: There was a significant gap between the number of patients with documented dehydration and those prescribed oral electrolytes. ORSL® emerged as the top prescription choice for multiple conditions and symptoms among the products studied. Recovery from fever was relatively faster in the case of the patients prescribed oral electrolytes. The proportion of patients resolved from RTI was higher for the oral electrolyte arm. This suggests the crucial role of oral electrolytes to support recovery from nondiarrheal conditions.

Conclusion: Dehydration in nondiarrheal conditions should be appropriately examined and documented in the prescriptions. There exists a need to highlight the importance of prescribing oral electrolytes with standard medical care to benefit the patients.

成人和老年人非腹泻性疾病的脱水患病率和口服电解质的使用:一项回顾性、真实世界的数据库研究。
简介:非腹泻性疾病引起的脱水常常被忽视。医生根据腹泻性脱水的治疗指南来治疗非腹泻性脱水。然而,非腹泻性脱水的治疗需要含有额外能量的液体、电解质和能量(FEE)饮料,这有助于克服由于这种情况下的高代谢反应造成的FEE赤字。方法:采用从HealthPlix电子病历(EMR)数据库中检索的匿名汇总数据,了解非糖尿病患者在非腹泻情况下口服电解质的使用情况及其对发热和呼吸道感染(RTI)缓解的影响。结果:有记录的脱水患者数量与处方的口服电解质之间存在显著差距。在研究的产品中,ORSL®成为多种疾病和症状的首选处方。服用口服电解质的患者退烧相对较快。口服电解质组RTI缓解的患者比例更高。这表明口服电解质对支持非腹泻性疾病的恢复起着至关重要的作用。结论:非腹泻性脱水应适当检查并在处方中记录。有必要强调口服电解质处方与标准医疗护理的重要性,以使患者受益。
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