Use of ultrasound for the assessment of dehydration in pediatric patients with mild to moderate dehydration
Management of children with acute gastroenteritis is based upon dehydration estimation. There is no clinical or paraclinical tool which exactly estimates the dehydration degree. Recently ultrasonographic parameters as inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter and aorta (AO) have been used in some studies f...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2019-08-01
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Series: | Emergency Care Journal |
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Online Access: | https://pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/8151 |