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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1996-12-10
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Dehydration in developed countries is an uncommon but important mechanism resulting in the death of infants and children. The clinicopathological features of a series of 37 fatal dehydration cases autopsied at the Adelaide Children's Hospital over a 33-year period (1961-1993) are presented. Causative factors for dehydration included gastroenteritis (21 cases), gastroenteritis with high environmental temperature (one case), high environmental temperatures (six cases), neglect/failure to thrive (four cases), mental retardation/chromosomal abnormality (three cases), congenital adrenal hyperplasia (one case), and unsuspected cystic fibrosis (one case). The mean age at death was 11.4 months (range 2 weeks to 6.25 years; median 6 months; 95% confidence interval 6 months to 1 year and 4 months; male-to-female ratio, 19:18). Sixteen of the 22 cases of fatal gastroenteritis (73%) occurred during the fall/winter months (March to August). There were a total of seven aboriginal or part aboriginal children in the group (19%). Children with mental retardation were at higher risk of dehydration, and previously unsuspected cases of child abuse/neglect also presented with lethal dehydration. Vitreous humor electrolyte levels and immunoassay for rotavirus were useful diagnostic adjuncts.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Mar
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| pubmed:issn |
0195-7910
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
17
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
73-8
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2011-2-2
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:8838476-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:8838476-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:8838476-Dehydration,
pubmed-meshheading:8838476-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:8838476-Gastroenteritis,
pubmed-meshheading:8838476-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:8838476-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:8838476-Infant, Newborn,
pubmed-meshheading:8838476-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:8838476-Retrospective Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:8838476-Rotavirus
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| pubmed:year |
1996
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Dehydration deaths in infants and young children.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Histopathology, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, Australia.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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