External validation of the DHAKA score and comparison with the current IMCI algorithm for the assessment of dehydration in children with diarrhoea: a prospective cohort study

• मुख्य लेखकों: Adam C Levine, MD (लेखक), Justin Glavis-Bloom, MD (लेखक), Payal Modi, MD (लेखक), Sabiha Nasrin, MBBS (लेखक), Bita Atika, MBBS (लेखक), Soham Rege, BS (लेखक), Sarah Robertson, MS (लेखक), Christopher H Schmid, PhD (लेखक), Nur H Alam, MD (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Elsevier, 2016-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Background: Dehydration due to diarrhoea is a leading cause of child death worldwide, yet no clinical tools for assessing dehydration have been validated in resource-limited settings. The Dehydration: Assessing Kids Accurately (DHAKA) score was derived for assessing dehydration in children with diar...