Oral versus intravenous rehydration of moderately dehydrated children: A randomized, controlled trial

Pediatrics

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 295-301

  Spandorfer, Philip R ^a,b   Alessandrini, Evaline A ^a   Joffe, Mark D ^a   Localio, Russell ^a   Shaw, Kathy N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute gastroenteritis; Dehydration; Intravenous fluid therapy; Oral rehydration therapy; Pediatric emergency medicine; Viral gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; ORAL REHYDRATION SOLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY EXCRETION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRAL GASTROENTERITIS; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VIROLOGY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; REHYDRATION SOLUTIONS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17844383983     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-0245     Document Type: Article

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