CDS — Paediatric dehydration

Clinical Dehydration Scale

Principle

Sum of explicitly entered contributions; no default clinical value.

Scope

Gastroenteritis in children from 1month to 5years, 2008 validation population. Original 2004 derivation limited to 1–36months. Four clinical signs 0/1/2, total 0–8.

Interpretation limits

Clinical dehydration assessment, without individual estimation of weight deficit or rehydration prescription. The score does not replace vital signs, perfusion, urine output, oral tolerance and reassessment; severe impairment needs clinical assessment independent of the total. Local French rewording, not a validated translation. Do not extrapolate to newborns or every cause of dehydration.

Formula and logic

Sum of explicit contributions, without prior rounding.

Interpretation

0–0

No signs according to CDS

1–4

Mild dehydration

5–8

Moderate to severe dehydration

Definition version : 0.1.0

Sources

• Goldman, Friedman & Parkin · Pediatrics — Validation of a Clinical Dehydration Scale in pediatric gastroenteritis

  2008 · Validation 1month–5years; sum 0–8 and categories 0 /1–4 /5–8; primary abstract accessed.

• Jauregui et al. · PLOS ONE — External Validation of the Clinical Dehydration Scale · Table 1

  2014 · Table 1 visually read: four domains 0/1/2. CC BY attribution; local French rewording, not a validated translation. Neither alternative threshold≥2 nor deficit percentages reproduced.