Dehydration: the main cause of fever during the first week of life.
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Dehydration related abdominal pain (DRAP).
OBJECTIVE: To describe the frequency of dehydration as a medical cause of acute abdomen. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: The study was conducted at Combined Military Hospital, Malir Cantonment Karachi between March 1, 2000 to March 1, 2002. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: All the patients reporting with abdominal pain to the surgical [...]
Reducing hydration-linked events in nursing home residents.
The authors used a quasi-experimental treatment and control group design with 49 participants from four nursing homes to test the effectiveness of an 8-week hydration intervention in reducing hydration-linked events (HLEs). A Kaplan Meier survival curve with log rank test was calculated to determine incidence and time to occurrence of a HLE. Incidence of and [...]
Permanent brain damage from hypernatremic dehydration in breastfed infants: patient reports.
No abstract available.