Objectives To investigate the association between the degree of patient dehydration on
presentation with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and clinical and laboratory parameters
obtained on admission. Design Prospective descriptive study. Setting A tertiary care
children's hospital. Patients Thirty-nine paediatric patients (1 month–16 years) presenting
with 42 episodes of DKA. Intervention Clinical and biochemical variables were collected on
admission. Dehydration was calculated by measuring acute changes in body weight during …

, DEHYDRATION IN CHILDREN WITH DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS: A PROSPECTIVE
STUDY. Sottosanti M, Morrison GC, Singh RN, et al. Arch Dis Child 2012; 97: 96–100. This
prospective descriptive study set in a tertiary care children's hospital investigated the
association between the magnitude of dehydration, defined as percent loss of body weight
(LBW), determined by the difference in body weight obtained at presentation and at
discharge and the relationship between the magnitude of dehydration and clinical …