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Posted On : 01 Oct 2007

Please give me criteria for SOME and SEVERE dehydration as a lot of books and manuals have confused me with a lot of criterias.

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Dr Rashmi

SOME Dehydration-Two or more of following signs-
* Restless,irritable
* Drinks eagerly,thirsty
* skin pinch goes back slowly
* sunken eyes

SEVERE dehydration-two or more of the following signs-
* Lethargic or unconscious
* Sunken Eyes
* Not able to drink or drinks poorly
* skin pinch goes back very slowly

17 years ago

Narayan

follow
WHO criteria

17 years ago

barkat shaikh

WHO simplify this with 4 criterias, 1}condition of pt either irritable or drowsy 2}eyes sunken or very sunken 3}thirst increase or absent 4}skin turgor go back slowly or very slowly.

17 years ago

pediatriconcall

WHO criteria:
SEVERE DEHYDRATION:
Two of the following signs:
- Lethargic or unconscious
- Not able to drink or drinking poorly
- Sunken eyes
- Skin pinch goes back very slowly

Some dehydration:
Two of the following signs:
- Restless, irritable
- Sunken eyes
- Drinks eagerly, thirsty
- Skin pinch goes back slowly

17 years ago

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