Hypoglycemia complicating dehydration in children with acute gastroenteritis

A study was done to estimate the prevalence of hypoglycemia among children with dehydration due to acute gastroenteritis, and to identify clinical variables associated with hypoglycemia in these children. A retrospective case series of children older than 1 month of age and younger than 5 years of a...

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Published in:	The Journal of emergency medicine Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 141 - 145
Main Authors:	Reid, Samuel R., Losek, Joseph D.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01-08-2005
Subjects:	Acute Disease Age Distribution Blood Glucose - analysis Causality Child, Preschool Comorbidity dehydration Dehydration - blood Dehydration - epidemiology Diarrhea - epidemiology Female Fluid Therapy - statistics & numerical data gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis - blood Gastroenteritis - epidemiology Glucose - therapeutic use Hospitals, Pediatric - statistics & numerical data Hospitals, Urban - statistics & numerical data Humans hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia - blood Hypoglycemia - drug therapy Hypoglycemia - epidemiology Infant Male Mental Disorders - epidemiology Minnesota - epidemiology pediatrics Retrospective Studies Vomiting - epidemiology Minnesota dehydration gastroenteritis hypoglycemia pediatrics
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