Controversies in fluid and electrolyte therapy for the premature infant.
This article reviews the concept of maintenance therapy and describes the pertinent physiologic changes associated with premature infants transition to extra-uterine life. These discussions provide the background for the major controversies surrounding this therapy.
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Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
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D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000628:therapy; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance