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cord-291552-qv6koo6g	KWAN, AMBROSE CHI‐PONG	Severe acute respiratory syndrome‐related diarrhea	2005-02-23		.txt	text/plain	2840	189	65	Background: Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is an emerging infectious disease and diarrhea has been reported in up to 76% of cases. The purpose of the present paper was to carry out a retrospective study of the clinical and demographic data of SARS patients with diarrhea in Princess Margaret Hospital. Patient data, need of ventilatory care, survival, number of bowel movements per day, total potassium supplement, lowest serum potassium and lowest serum albumin level were retrieved from the records and entered into a database for further analysis. described the clinical course of 75 patients in United Christian Hospital in Hong Kong and reported that 73% had watery diarrhea 7.5 ± 2.3 days after the onset of symptoms. We noted that female patients and residents of Amoy Gardens Estate were associated with diarrhea, and loglinear analysis showed that there was no significant interaction between these two factors. Outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) at Amoy Gardens	./cache/cord-291552-qv6koo6g.txt	./txt/cord-291552-qv6koo6g.txt