Is the clinical dehydration scale reliable when assessing the severity of paediatric dehydration?

Date First Published:

March 9, 2015

Last Updated:

March 9, 2015

Report by:

Aaron Musker, Emergency Medicine Senior House Officer (Derriford Hospital)

Search checked by:

Aaron Musker, Derriford Hospital

Three-Part Question:

In [paediatric patients attending the Emergency Department with suspected dehydration] does [the clinical dehydration scale] reliably predict the [severity of dehydration]?