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

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 ratio...

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Main Authors: Payal Modi, Justin Glavis-Bloom, Sabiha Nasrin, Allysia Guy, Erika P Chowa, Nathan Dvor, Daniel A Dworkis, Michael Oh, David M Silvestri, Stephen Strasberg, Soham Rege, Vicki E Noble, Nur H Alam, Adam C Levine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4713074?pdf=render

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