Use of Ultrasound Measurement of the Inferior Vena Cava Diameter as an Objective Tool in the Assessment of Children with Clinical Dehydration

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 841-845

  Chen, Lei ^a   Kim, Yunie ^a   Santucci, Karen A ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

children; dehydration; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 34548701383     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/j.aem.2007.06.040     Document Type: Article

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