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Comparing the accuracy of the three popular clinical dehydration scales in children with diarrhea

BACKGROUND: Dehydration due to acute gastroenteritis is one of the leading causes of mortality in children worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) scale, the Gorelick scale, and the Clinical Dehydration Scale (CDS) were created to estimate percentage dehydration in children with gastroenterit...

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Autores principales: Pringle, Kimberly, Shah, Sachita P, Umulisa, Irenee, Mark Munyaneza, Richard B, Dushimiyimana, Jean Marie, Stegmann, Katrina, Musavuli, Juvenal, Ngabitsinze, Protegene, Stulac, Sara, Levine, Adam C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3182880/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21902838
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1865-1380-4-58