Is skin turgor reliable as a means of assessing hydration status in children?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 124-125

  Fayomi, O ^a   Maconochie, I ^b   Body, R ^b  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD CARE; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EMBASE; EMERGENCY CARE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; RELIABILITY; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN TURGOR; VOMITING; ARTICLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SKIN;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN;

EID: 33846841046     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2006.045229     Document Type: Short Survey

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