The dehydrated child: a management approach.
Dehydration in the child requires urgent attention to fluid replacement. Management must focus on an understanding of the physiology of fluid loss and clinical and laboratory assessment. Fluid therapy must combine correction of fluid deficits with concurrent administration of maintenance fluids.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003681:Dehydration / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D013997:Time Factors