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