Gorelick scale for assessing dehydration in children

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Used in children between 1 month and 5 years (1)

>= 2 Clinical Signs (4 pt) >= 5% body weight from baseline

>= 3 Clinical Signs (4 pt) >= 10% body weight from baseline



>= 3 Clinical Signs >=5% body weight from baseline

>= 7 Clinical Signs >=10% body weight from baseline (1)

Pringle K et al.Comparing the accuracy of the three popular clinical dehydration scales in children with diarrhea. Int J Emerg Med. 2011;4:58

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characteristic	no or minimal dehydration	moderate to severe dehydration
general appearance	alert	restless, lethargic, unconscious
capillary refill	normal	prolonged or minimal
tears	present	absent
mucous membrane	moist	dry, very dry
eyes	normal	sunken; deeply sunken
breathing	present	deep; deep and rapid
quality of pulses	normal	thready; weak or impalpable
skin elasticity	instant recoil	recoil slowly; recoil > 2 s
heart rate	normal	tachycardia
urine output	normal	reduced; not passed in many hours

Gorelick scale for assessing dehydration in children

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