小儿腹泻在我国也是多发病之一。五十年代病死率为10%。当时全国儿科专家在静脉输液方面进行研究,正确处理了K,Na、CI的失衡现象,死亡率下降到1%以下。在门诊对轻度脱水患者则给口服维持液,持续至今,但对中度、重度脱水未试用过口服补液法。1980年10月,我国派人参加了由西方地区组织的控制腹泻国家规划管理人员训练班,及在孟加拉举办的地区间控制腹泻临床学习班,了解到口服补液法 Pediatric diarrhea is also one of the frequently-occurring diseases in our country. Fifties fatality rate was 10%. At that time, the national pediatric experts conducted research on intravenous fluids and correctly treated the imbalances of K, Na and CI. The mortality rate dropped below 1%. Oral maintenance fluid was given to patients with mild dehydration in the clinic till now, but oral rehydration was not tested on moderate and severe dehydration. In October 1980, our country sent people to participate in the training courses for controlling national program managers in diarrhea organized by western regions and inter-regional clinical control classes for diarrhea held in Bangladesh. We learned that oral rehydration