Accuracy of Inferior Vena Cava Ultrasound for Predicting Dehydration in Children with Acute Diarrhea in Resource-Limited Settings

INTRODUCTION: Although dehydration from diarrhea is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children under five, existing methods of assessing dehydration status in children have limited accuracy. OBJECTIVE: To assess the accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound measurement of the aorta-to-IVC rat...

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Autores principales: Modi, Payal, Glavis-Bloom, Justin, Nasrin, Sabiha, Guy, Allysia, Chowa, Erika P., Dvor, Nathan, Dworkis, Daniel A., Oh, Michael, Silvestri, David M., Strasberg, Stephen, Rege, Soham, Noble, Vicki E., Alam, Nur H., Levine, Adam C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4713074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26766306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146859

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