title: Controversies in fluid and electrolyte therapy for the premature infant.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Costarino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baumgart
mesh_terms: 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