Case presentation on

Gastroenteritis

Presenting by: Ratnakar

Pharm-D III year
 INTRODUCTION

Gastroenteritis is an illness caused by infection and or inflammation of the

digestive tract. It is characterised by nausea,vomiting,diarrhea and stomach
cramps.
Gastroenteritis is frequently termed "stomach flu" or "gastric flu" because the
most frequent cause of gastroenteritis is viral, but influenza viruses (flu
viruses) do not cause gastroenteritis.
* The most common cause is a virus, which tends to spread very easily. Less
common causes of include bacteria or food poisoning.
* An infection may be caused by bacteria or parasites in spoiled food or
unclean water
CAUSES

* Gastroenteritis has many causes. Viruses and bacteria are the

most common.
*Bacteria: Escherichia coli, salmonella,compylobacter,shigella.
*Viruses: Adenoviruse, Rotaviruse, norovirus.
*Parasites: Giardia - The most frequent cause of waterborne
diarrhea causing giardiasis.
* Cryptosporidium - Affects mostly people with
weakened immune systems, causes watery diarrhea
PATIENT PROFILE

C.R no: 9321/18

Name: abc
Age: 7month 5day
Gender: female
Weight: 6.9 kg
D.O.A : 12/08/2018
D.O.D: 16/08/2018
Social history: Nil
Provisional dignosis - Gastroenteritis

Medical/Medicanation/Surgical/ADR history - Nil

Food habbit: - vegetarian

vital & clinical observation
•Pulse : 82 bpm
• B.P : 110/70
• P/A : Nil
•R. Rate : 22/min
•CVS : S1 &S2 Normal
•TEMP : 101°F
•CNS : Concious
Subjective
• Multiple episodes of loose watery stools
• Fever from 1 day
• Vomiting from 1 day
Objective
Other diagnostic test : stool examination- presence of
bacteria
• Laboratory Data
DATA VALUE NORMAL VALUE
urea 40mg/dl
HB 9.6g/dl
MCV 71.1-4
MCH 21
MCHC 29.8g/dl
BUN 21.69mg/dl
 Treatment chart/plan
Brand name Generic name dose frequency day 1 day 2 day 3 day 4 day 5
and rout

inj.ceftriaxame ceftriaxone 250mg BD     

lactobacillus lactobacillus 40mg BD   
sachet rhamnosus
stain
syp.calpol paracetamol 125mg/5ml BD   

inj.Emset Ondensetron 1mg     

zedott sachet Raceradotril 10mg BD  

syp.zentel Albandazole 10ml HS  

syp.zincolife zinc acetate OD     

Discharge summary

• Syp. zincolife 50ml for 10 day

• Electrolyte(ORS) for 5 day
Goal achieved

 Fever reduced
 protection from infection
 Control in loose stool
Reference
• The handbook of pharmacotherapuetics by dipiro
• webmd.com
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