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Table 32-1
Evaluating the Extent of Dehydration
* These signs are less prominent in the child who has hypernatremia.
Data from Jospe N, Forbes G: Fluids and electrolytes—clinical aspects, Pediatr Rev 17:395–403, 1996; and Steiner
MJ, DeWalt DA, Byerley JS: Is this child dehydrated? JAMA 291:2746–2754, 2004. Table from Perry S,
Hockenberry M, Lowdermilk D, Wilson D: Maternal-child nursing care, ed 4, St. Louis, 2010, Mosby.
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