Validation of the clinical dehydration scale for children with acute gastroenteritis

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 545-549

  Goldman, Ran D ^a,b   Friedman, Jeremy N ^c,d   Parkin, Patricia C ^c,d  

^a BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dehydration; Gastroenteritis; Scale; Validation

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CLINICAL DEHYDRATION SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; REHYDRATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOMITING; ACUTE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; NEWBORN; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 51649083558     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3141     Document Type: Article

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