Table 1.

Characteristics of the patients.

Sex	Male	58
	Female	42
Age (years)	0-1	18
	1–3	33
	3–9	22
	9–17	27
Dehydration characteristic	Vomiting	41
	Clinical	25
	Vomiting + clinical	10
	Referring physician	7
	Diarrhea	6
	Lack of drinking	3
	Diarrhea + clinical	2
	Outpatient nurse	1
	Do not know	5
Parents' expectation	IV fluids	75
	Investigation	1
	Do not know	24
Actual treatment	IV fluids	85
	PO rehydration	15
Past ER treatment	IV fluids	24
	PO fluids	3
	Do not remember	2
	No past ER refer	71
May have considered PO fluids	Yes	50
	No	49
	Do not know	1
May have considered gavage	Yes	18
	No	75
	Do not know	7