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Their general appearance is lethargic and unconscious, respirations are deep, skin pinch is very slow, and tears are absent. What's the DHAKA dehydration score and severity band?"},{"title":"Mild dehydration check for alert child","prompt":"Can you calculate the DHAKA score for a child who looks normal, has normal respirations, normal skin pinch, and normal tears? I want to know if they fall in the no-dehydration band."},{"title":"Clinical documentation for moderate dehydration","prompt":"For a child with acute diarrhea whose appearance is restless and irritable, respirations are normal, skin pinch is slow, and tears are decreased — calculate their Levine 2015 DHAKA score and tell me which dehydration band they're in."}],"resultDescription":"Returns a numeric DHAKA score (0–12) computed from the four caller-assigned clinical signs (general appearance, respirations, skin pinch, tears), along with the corresponding severity band: none/some dehydration (0–1), some dehydration (2–3), or severe dehydration (≥4), as defined by Levine 2015 Table 3.","failureModes":["Missing required query parameter returns validation error","Invalid enum value for any of the four clinical signs returns a 400-level error","Network or payment failure returns a 402 or 5xx response","Score returned is only as accurate as the caller-assigned clinical observations — the API does not examine the patient"],"whenToPreferThis":"Use this endpoint when you need to programmatically compute the Levine 2015 DHAKA dehydration score (Table 3) for a child under 5 with acute diarrhea and you have already assessed the four clinical signs (general appearance, respirations, skin pinch, tears). Prefer this over WHO IMCI tools when specifically implementing the DHAKA scoring system from Levine 2015. Not for adults, not for non-diarrheal dehydration, and not as a substitute for clinical judgment or examination.","instructions":null,"reviewSummary":null,"reviewSummaryHighlights":null,"reviewSummaryConcerns":null,"reviewSummaryGeneratedAt":null,"activationCount":0,"lastUsedAt":null,"lastSuccessfullyRanAt":null,"lastHealthCheckAt":"2026-09-14T19:05:43.379Z","isFirstParty":false}