@article{b4a36f3c63a040faa939ec0d9a559382,
title = "Attitudes of pediatricians toward Children's consumption of ionic beverages",
abstract = "Background: The aim of our study was to clarify the attitudes of pediatricians toward children's consumption of ionic beverages. Methods: A questionnaire survey of pediatric practitioners' attitudes toward the consumption of ionic beverages was administered to 537 doctors under 60 years of age who were members of the Japanese Pediatric Society. Results: We received 215 valid responses from 182 board-certified pediatric specialists and 31 non-specialists. Approximately 60% of respondents recommended ionic beverages either often or sometimes. About half of all respondents cautioned patients about excessive consumption. About 40% had experienced at least one instance of excessive consumption characterized by acute symptoms including vomiting, diarrhea, and pyrexia. Specialists were more likely to recommend ionic beverages for oral rehydration than did non-specialists. Non-specialists more often recommended ionic beverages to patients with pyrexia. Conclusions: Pediatricians' attitudes toward children's consumption of ionic beverages were generally appropriate. Pediatric specialists' attitudes were more appropriate than were those of non-specialists.",
keywords = "Attitude, Excessive consumption, Ionic beverages, Vitamin B1 deficiency",
author = "{On behalf of the Committee on Pediatric Nutrition of The Japanese Pediatric Society} and Akihisa Okumura and Shinobu Ida and Masaaki Mori and Toshiaki Shimizu and Setsuko Ito and Mikako Inokuchi and Toshihiro Ohura and Mitsuyoshi Suzuki and Kimitaka Takitani and Kazushige Dobashi and Mitsuhiko Hara and Toru Kikuchi and Shigetaka Sugihara and Nobuo Yoshiike and Tomoo Okadan and Kazunari Kaneko and Chiharu Tsutsumi and Yuriko Ohta and Keiichi Hanaki and Kazue Kawakami and Yoshio Hanawa and Hiroaki Inomata and Tatsuya Oguni and Atsuyuki Yamataka and Yuko Bito and Keiichi Uchida and Hiroko Kodama",
note = "Funding Information: The members of The Committee on Pediatric Nutrition of The Japanese Pediatric Society were as follows; Shinobu Ida (chairperson), Setsuko Ito, Mikako Inokuchi, Toshihiro Ohura, Akihisa Okumura, Mitsuyoshi Suzuki, Kimitaka Takitani, Kazushige Dobashi, Mitsuhiko Hara, Toru Kikuchi, Shigetaka Sugihara, Nobuo Yoshiike, Tomoo Okadan, Kazunari Kaneko, Chiharu Tsutsumi, Yuriko Ohta, Keiichi Hanaki, Kazue Kawakami, Yoshio Hanawa, Hiroaki Inomata, Tatsuya Oguni, Atsuyuki Yamataka, Yuko Bito, Keiichi Uchida, Hiroko Kodama, Masaaki Mori, and Toshiaki Shimizu. We deeply thank all participants of this study. This study was supported by the Japanese Pediatric Society. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 The Author(s).",
year = "2018",
month = may,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1186/s12887-018-1154-3",
language = "English",
volume = "18",
journal = "BMC Pediatrics",
issn = "1471-2431",
publisher = "BioMed Central",
number = "1",
}
