Society guideline links: Dehydration in children

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Canada

●Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS): Practice point on risk of acute hyponatremia in hospitalized children and youth receiving maintenance intravenous fluids (2018, updated 2024)

●CPS: Practice point on emergency department use of oral ondansetron for acute gastroenteritis-related vomiting in infants and children (2018)

United States

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Clinical practice guideline – Maintenance intravenous fluids in children (2018)

Europe

●European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)/European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID): Evidence-based guidelines for the management of acute gastroenteritis in children in Europe, update (2014)

United Kingdom

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline for intravenous fluid therapy in children and young people in hospital (2015, updated 2020)

●NICE: Quality standard for intravenous fluid therapy in children and young people in hospital (2016)