title: Maintenance fluid therapy: what it is and what it is not.
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.
authors.forename: Aaron L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: Patricio E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020896:Hypovolemia / Q000628:therapy*; D007552:Isotonic Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000077331:Ringer's Solution
chemical_list: D007552:Isotonic Solutions; D000077331:Ringer's Solution