CLINICAL SCORES IN VIRAL DIARRHEA - LIMITS AND PERSPECTIVES

Although there are few studies referring to clinical symptoms in viral diarrhea ( Gimenez et al 2008, Lorrot et al 2011, Zhang et al 2011), in terms of the development of predictive scores of viral etiology, the works are missing. In the specialty works there are only 2 scores for establishing the gravity of the viral diarrhea – the modified Vesikari score and the Clark score, both of them failing to be used in the prediction of viral etiology of diarrhea (Givon-Lavy et al 2008, Freedman et al 2010, Stojkovska et al 2013). Drafting a score of early detection of the viral etiology of acute diarrhea in children would fill a niche in the research of this disease, located on the border of interest of multiple specialties – pediatrics, laboratory medicine, family medicine, infectious diseases and gastroenterology, with the possibility of a rapid diagnostic approach and an appropriate therapeutic stance.