We all know drinking water is good for our bodies, but especially this time of year, we need to make sure our kids are getting plenty of water too. Pediatric Dehydration occurs when there isn't enough ...

October 16, 2009 — Strategies for diagnosing and treating dehydration in children are presented in a review article for the family practitioner published in the October 1 issue of American Family ...

The object of study was to present children with severe dehydration caused by acute diarrhoea, due to the acute diarrhoea treated in Intensive Care Unit of the Paediatric Clinic. The examinees were ...

Hypernatremic dehydration Most commonly seen in infants, hypernatremic dehydration describes a loss of water that is greater than the amount of sodium lost, leading to a rise in blood sodium or ...

Introduction: Dehydration is an important complication for sick children. The Clinical Dehydration Scale for Children (CDSC) measures dehydration based on four clinical signs. Objective: Evaluate the ...

Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is an effective, low-cost dehydration treatment that can be given to dehydrated children. Diarrhea and the dehydration it causes can be severe and even fatal, especially ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A dehydration scale should not be the only measure of dehydration in pediatric patients because these results ...

These recent studies reveal the potential benefits of ondansetron, when administered as both oral and iv. agents, to children with AGE complicated by vomiting. Studies have focused on the impact of ...