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Dehydration in Children (cont.)

Authors and Editors

Author: Robert Ferry, Jr., MD

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD

Previous contributing Authors and Editors:

Author: William G Davenport Jr, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University.

Coauthor(s): Sharad Pandit, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Christopher's Hospital for Children; Assistant Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine, MCP Hahnemann University.

Editors: Steven C Gabaeff, MD, FAAEM, Attending Physician, Emergency Medicine, Sutter Amador Hospital, Jackson, CA; Expert Consultant, Medical Board of California, Sacramento, CA; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Steven L Bernstein, MD, Vice-Chair, Academic Affairs, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mt Sinai School of Medicine.


Last Editorial Review: 7/12/2007




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