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PHYA 418 - Peds Test 2 Study guide/PHYA 418 - Peds Test 2 Study guide. Describe the clinical manifestations of dehydration. 1 Differentiate among the 3 types of dehydration in terms of clinical manife... stations and therapeutic treatment 1  Usually attributable to vomiting or an acute viral or bacterial diarrhea  Signs and Symptoms o Wt. loss (is what we look at first) o Lethargy o May be cyanotic o Decreased voiding to oliguria  Ask parents how many wet diapers? o Babies – sunken fontanel  Assess them sitting up, sunk in they are dehydrated o Dry mucous membranes  Check their mouth in the buccal cavity for dryness [Show More]

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