Erschienen in:
01.05.2008 | Editorial Commentary
Maintenance fluid therapy: what it is and what it is not
verfasst von:
Aaron L. Friedman, Patricio E. Ray
Erschienen in:
Pediatric Nephrology
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Ausgabe 5/2008
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Abstract
Fifty years after the publication of a prescription for maintenance fluid therapy, concerns have been raised about the use of hypotonic fluids in hospitalized children. We discuss what maintenance fluid therapy is or what it is not; where maintenance fluid therapy has been misused. We also discuss concerns with the immediate adoption of isotonic fluid as maintenance fluid without careful consideration and testing.