Children skin turgor assessment question

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The nurse is assessing skin turgor in a 4 year old child. The nurse grasps the skin on the abdomen between the thumb and index finger, pulls it taut, and releases it. The tissue remains suspended for 2 seconds, then slowly falls back onto the abdomen. What meaning can be drawn from this data?

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Specializes in Maternal - Child Health.

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Is it due to odema which causes the skin to swell and the skin slowly falls back afterwards

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Isn't "tenting" of the skin usually due to dehydration?

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

What you describe is called tenting.....

http://www.medcalc.com/dehydrate.html

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