Journal of emergency nursing : JEN : official publication of the Emergency Department Nurses Association
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In summary, hyaluronidase augmented SCRT is becoming an accepted alternative for children with mild to moderate dehydration when ORT has failed and intravenous access is difficult. While use of a nasogastric tube is an accepted alternative, this technique is invasive and usually requires restraining of the child's extremities and can lead to complications. ⋯ This article provides the ED nurse with some clinical knowledge of hyaluronidase augmented SCRT and its key differences from IVT (Table). Further study of nursing considerations with this method of parenteral therapy in children is strongly recommended.