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Cholera: ED presentation, evaluation, and management

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Authors: Gaston Omba, MD (EM Resident Physician, Makerere University); Jessica Pelletier, DO (EM Education Fellow, Washington University in St. 10 In non-endemic regions, suspicion arises in patients with severe dehydration or death from acute watery diarrhea. About 10% of people with cholera will experience severe symptoms.