Urine specific gravity and other urinary indices: Inaccurate tests for dehydration

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 298-303

  Steiner, Michael J ^a,b,c,d   Nager, Alan L ^a,b   Wang, Vincent J ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Diagnosis; Gastroenteritis; Specific gravity; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY WARD; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; KETONURIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REHYDRATION; RELATIVE DENSITY; URINALYSIS; URINE VOLUME; VALIDATION STUDY; VOMITING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; DIURESIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETONES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT STRIPS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 34249071419     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pec.0000270162.76453.fa     Document Type: Article

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