Usefulness of the serum electrolyte panel in the management of pediatric dehydration treated with intravenously administered fluids

Pediatrics

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1227-1234

  Wathen, Joe E ^a,b   MacKenzie, Todd ^a   Bothner, Joan P ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Intravenous fluids; Pediatric; Serum electrolyte panel

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; INFUSION FLUID; ELECTROLYTE;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BICARBONATE BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUID THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OBSERVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROLYTES; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 16644368121     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0457     Document Type: Article

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