Value of laboratory studies in assessment of dehydration in children

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 192-196

  Shaoul, Ron ^a   Okev, N ^a   Tamir, A ^b   Lanir, A ^a   Jaffe, M ^a  

^a BNAI ZION MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; UREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS; BLOOD PH; CHILD; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICARBONATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CREATININE; DEHYDRATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UREA;

EID: 2442520437     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456304323019541     Document Type: Article

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