The BUDDY (Bedside Ultrasound to Detect Dehydration in Youth) study

The Ultrasound Journal

Table 1 Demographics of children

Demographic variable	All patients	Patients with significant dehydration (≥5%)	Patients without significant dehydration (<5%dehydration)	Pvalue^a
Median age, years (range)	6 (1 month-18 years)	2.5 (6 months to 15 years)	7 (1 month to 18 years)	0.05^b
Median fluid administered (cc/kg)	21	29	20	0.004^c
Admitted (%)	39 (34.5%)	7 (58.3%)	32 (31.7%)	0.07^d
Less than 5 years old (%)	49 (43.4%)	9 (75%)	40 (39.6%)	0.02^d
Total children (%)	n = 113	n = 101 (89.4%)	n = 12 (10.6%)

^aComparing patients with and without significant dehydration. ^bTwo-tailed t test. ^cTwo-sample Wilcoxon ranksum. ^dTwo-tailed chi-square test.