How valid are clinical signs of dehydration in infants?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 56-61

  Duggan, Christopher ^a   Refat, Mamdouh ^b   Hashem, Mohamed ^b   Wolff, Mark ^c   Fayad, Ibrahim ^a   Santosham, Mathuram ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Dehydration; Infants

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEHYDRATION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; EYE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD; WEIGHT GAIN;

AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; ARAB COUNTRIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIARRHEA; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; DISEASES; EGYPT; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; INFANT; MEASUREMENT; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; NORTHERN AFRICA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS; VALIDITY; YOUTH;

ACUTE DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA, INFANTILE; EGYPT; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; ORYZA SATIVA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS;

EID: 0030020034     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-199601000-00009     Document Type: Article

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