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Clinical dehydration scale - for children 

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the clinical dehydration scale (CDS) for children

Used in children between 1 month and 3 years.

1-4 - some dehydration (3%-6%) dehydration

5-8 - moderate to severe dehydration (>=6% dehydration) (1).

Pringle K et al.Comparing the accuracy of the three popular clinical dehydration scales in children with diarrhea. Int J Emerg Med. 2011;4:58

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characteristic	0	1	2
general appearance	normal	thirsty, restless, or lethargic, but irritable when touched	drowsy, limp, cold, sweaty, and/or comatose
eyes	normal	slightly sunken	deeply sunken
mucous membranes	moist	sticky	dry
tears	present	decreased tears	absent tears

Clinical dehydration scale - for children

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