Medical Science · Pediatric Dehydration Management
What is the recommended alternative action if intravenous (IV) access is delayed or unavailable, but the severely dehydrated child is still able to drink?
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- 1Do nothing until the child is transferred to a tertiary care hospital
- 2Start administering Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) solution by mouth or nasogastric tube✓
- 3Administer the calculated fluids via the intramuscular route
- 4Wait until an IV line is successfully established at the clinic
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Start administering Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) solution by mouth or nasogastric tube
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