Background: Much of the activities for the prevention and management of diarrhoea should occur or be initiated at home. In addition, management is guided by clinical and metabolic state. This work was designed to examine some prehospital management practices and the metabolic state of children with diarrhoea in Calabar, Nigeria.Methodology: Prospective study of the pre-presentation management, clinical and metabolic states of children with diarrhoea presenting at
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