Volume 13, Number 9—September 2007
Dispatch
Norovirus and Gastroenteritis in Hospitalized Children, Italy
Table 1
Clinical parameters for evaluating gastroenteritis severity and related score
Clinical parameter/value | Score |
---|---|
Duration of diarrhea, d | |
<2 | 1 |
2–4 | 2 |
>4 | 3 |
Maximum no. bowel movements/d | |
3 | |
4–5 | 2 |
>5 | 3 |
Duration of vomiting, d | |
No vomiting | 0 |
1–2 | 1 |
>2 | 3 |
Fever | |
No | 0 |
Yes | 2 |
Intravenous rehydration | |
No | 0 |
Yes | 3 |