Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational [Patient Registry]
Official Title: Surveillance Study of Acute Gastroenteritis Etiologies in Hospitalized Children
Brief Summary: Acute gastroenteritis is a common cause of hospital admission and health office visits and have a huge burden on the economy of developing countries. The investigators proposed this observational prospective study during summer period in a community and tertiary care hospital in a rural area of Lebanon to investigate the etiologies and age distribution of admitted cases to general pediatric floor from the age of 1 month up to the age of 14 years.