%0 Journal Article %T A scoring system for assessing the severity of acute diarrhea of adult patients %A Cheng-hong Yin %A Hai-yu Qi %A Hong-li Xiao %A Su-xia Ma %A Xiaoli Li %A Yan Wang %J Archive of "World Journal of Emergency Medicine". %D 2016 %R 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2016.02.008 %X Diarrhea is frequently seen in developed and developing countries, and severe diarrhea is characterized by the high risk of death. Thus, it is very important to assess the severity of diarrhea early. We conducted a multi-center study to identify risk factors for the severity of diarrhea in adult patients and formulate an adult diarrhea state score (ADSS) for out-patient clinicians %K Acute diarrhea %K Severity %K Score %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4905869/