A prospective study of the usefulness of clinical and laboratory parameters for predicting percentage of dehydration in children

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-182

  Vega, Roy M ^b   Avner, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a JACOBI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dehydration; Hydration status; Serum bicarbonate concentration

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; ELECTROLYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030741269     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199706000-00001     Document Type: Article

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