The importance of fluid balance in clinical practice.
This article reviews the physiology that underpins normal fluid balance and discusses how fluid balance can be affected by illness. Clinical assessment of hydration and the importance of fluid balance record keeping are explained. Recommendations are made to improve fluid balance management in clinical practice and the professional importance of record keeping is highlighted.
Scales
Katie
K
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Charing Cross Hospital, London. katie.scales@imperial.nhs.uk
Pilsworth
Julie
J
D003681:Dehydration / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004573:Electrolytes / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
D004573:Electrolytes