What is the importance of hydration?
Hydration is essential to life, and deprivation can have life-threatening consequences within hours. Fluid status in acute illness needs to be closely monitored.
The following are consequences of dehydration
- Concentrated urine
- decreased skin integrity
- headache
- postural hypotension
- thirst
The following are not
- sweating
- diarrhoea
Page last reviewed: 10 Apr 2021
