Ultrasound Assessment of Severe Dehydration in Children With Diarrhea and Vomiting

C. Levine, Adam; Shah, Sachita; Umulisa, Irenée; B. Mark Munyaneza, Richard; Marie Dushimiyimana, Jean; Stegmann, Katrina; Musavuli, Juvenal; Ngabitsinze, Protogene; Stulac, Sara; Epino, Henry; E. Noble, Vicki

doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.2010.00830.x

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Ultrasound Assessment of Severe Dehydration in Children With Diarrhea and Vomiting

Published in Academic Emergency Medicine • Oct 1, 2010

Authors:

Adam C. Levine

Sachita Shah

Irenée Umulisa

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: The objective of this study was to determine the test characteristics for two different ultrasound (US) measures of severe dehydration in children (aorta to inferior vena cava [IVC] ratio and IVC inspiratory collapse) and one clinical measure of severe dehydration (the World Health Organ...

Subject

Medicine

Dehydration

Inferior vena cava

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