RESUMO
OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to determine the presenting symptoms, healthcare utilization, and lost time from work and day care associated with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis. METHODS: During the winter to spring seasons of 2002-2003 or 2003-2004, children <36 months of age presenting with acute gastroenteritis to urban and suburban pediatric outpatient practices affiliated with 5 academic centers across the United States were enrolled in similarly designed studies. The case definition required >or=3 watery or looser-than-normal stools and/or forceful vomiting within a 24-hour period beginning Assuntos
Gastroenterite/epidemiologia
, Gastroenterite/virologia
, Infecções por Rotavirus/epidemiologia
, Doença Aguda
, Fatores Etários
, Assistência Ambulatorial
, Criança
, Pré-Escolar
, Estudos de Coortes
, Surtos de Doenças
, Feminino
, Gastroenterite/diagnóstico
, Gastroenterite/terapia
, Serviços de Saúde/estatística & dados numéricos
, Humanos
, Lactente
, Recém-Nascido
, Masculino
, Pediatria
, Estudos Prospectivos
, Infecções por Rotavirus/diagnóstico
, Infecções por Rotavirus/terapia
, Estados Unidos/epidemiologia