Erschienen in:
01.10.2017 | Book and New Media Reviews
Clinical Fluid Therapy in the Perioperative Setting
Robert G. Hahn (editor). Cambridge University Press, 2017. ISBN-13: 9781107119550
verfasst von:
Victor Tran, MD
Erschienen in:
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Ausgabe 10/2017
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Excerpt
Intravenous fluid is one of the first therapies physicians learn to administer during their medical training. Indeed, the approach to fluid therapy has evolved from viewing it as a straightforward trial-and-error intervention to an emerging evidence-based practice. The options for fluid therapy have expanded from simple isotonic sodium chloride solutions to complex artificial (i.e., hydroxyethyl starches) or human-derived (i.e., albumin) formulations. This evolution has led to a question that many practitioners ask themselves on a regular basis – i.e., which fluid should I use for my patient and why? …