PEDIATRICS Vol. 77 No. 4 April 1986, pp. 618
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Rehydration

MATHURAM SANTOSHAM MD1 and R. BRADLEY SACK MD1

1 The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Infectious Disease Research Center, PO Box 1240, Whiteriver, AZ 85941

In Reply.—

We do not believe that our recent study was mistitled. The difference between patients who have 5% or more weight loss compared with those who have less than 5% weight loss (minimal dehydration) as a result of diarrhea is that the former patients have clinically visible signs of dehydration and require a larger volume of fluids to replace their deficit. Patients with minimal dehydration have no clinical signs of dehydration and require a smaller volume of replacement fluids.