External validation and comparison of three pediatric clinical dehydration scales

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Jauregui, Joshua ^a,b   Nelson, Daniel ^a   Choo, Esther ^a   Stearns, Branden ^c   Levine, Adam C ^a   Liebmann, Otto ^a   Shah, Sachita P ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEHYDRATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FEMALE; GORELICK SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC CLINICAL DEHYDRATION SCALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNDROME DELINEATION; WEIGHT CHANGE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SCALE; GESTALT THERAPY; INFANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; GESTALT THEORY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84900412108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095739     Document Type: Article

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