The perished rubber sign in gastroenteritis
The abdominal skin and underlying fatty tissues of babies developing severe gastroenteritis occasionally feel somewhat like a piece of perished rubber. Evidence for this being an important sign indicating a seriously ill baby is given; attention is drawn to the possible value of corticosteroids in t...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners 1974-10, Vol.24 (147), p.733-735 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | The abdominal skin and underlying fatty tissues of babies developing severe gastroenteritis occasionally feel somewhat like a piece of perished rubber. Evidence for this being an important sign indicating a seriously ill baby is given; attention is drawn to the possible value of corticosteroids in the treatment of cases where this sign persists after satisfactory dehydration has been carried out. |
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| ISSN: | 0035-8797 |