[Treatment of acute diarrhea: prescription patterns by private practice pediatricians].

Unlabelled: Acute gastroenteritis remains a frequent illness in infants and children with still important morbidity and mortality rates. Oral rehydratation solutions (ORS) and early refeeding are the main recommendations. Indication of drugs remains limited.

Incidence and risk factors of oral antibiotic-associated diarrhea in an outpatient pediatric population.

Background: Little information is available on the epidemiologic characteristics of antibiotic-associated diarrhea (AAD) in children. The authors' aim was to evaluate the incidence of AAD in an outpatient pediatric population and to identify risk factors.

Methods: Children aged 1 month to 15.

[Early detection of visual disorders by pediatricians].

A group of pediatricians from Northern France whose aim was to develop research projects in ambulatory pediatrics, elaborated a method of rapid assessment of visual acuity that can be applied by the pediatrician in the consulting room. This test was included in the routine examination of children between the age of 2 1/2 and 4, the age of 3 years being the most appropriate. The method is simple, reliable, reproducible and cheap since it is part of the pediatrician's consultation.

[Liberal pediatrics: the infancy of an occupation].

A survey by questionnaire was conducted among liberal pediatricians of Northern France in order to determine their feelings on their practice. Three major themes appear from this survey: 1) modern liberal pediatrics in France has a poor profit earning capacity; 2) the University formation is mostly directed toward the formation of hospital pediatricians rather than practitioners; 3) there is a need for a different formation with a greater emphasize on child psychology.

[V.A.T.E.R. association and its limits].

Comparative investigation of 92 cases of V.A.T.