title: Belgian recommendations on perioperative maintenance fluid management of surgical pediatric population.
abstract: The European recommendations on perioperative maintenance fluids in children have recently been adapted from hypotonic to isotonic electrolyte solutions with lower glucose concentrations. In Belgium, however, the commercially approved solutions do not match with these recommendations and there is neither consensus nor mandate about the composition and volume of perioperative maintenance fluids in children undergoing surgery despite the continuing controversy in literature. This paper highlights the significant challenges and shortcomings while prescribing fluid therapy for pediatric surgical patients in Belgium. It is sensible to the authors to address these issues with national guidance through an organization such as The Belgian Association for Paediatric Anaesthesiology, and to propose Belgian recommendations on perioperative fluid management in surgical children, with the intention of improving the quality of care in this population.
authors: Dept of Paediatric Intensive Care Medicine, UZ Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium. nadia.najafi@uzbrussel.be
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authors: Najafi
authors: F
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authors: Veyckemans
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Berghmans
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authors: De Groote
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authors: De Villé
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authors: Huys
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authors: Lauweryns
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authors: Loveniers
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authors: Pirotte
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authors: Roofthooft
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authors: Veeckman
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authors: Verhaeghen
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authors: Vermeulen
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authors: Vermeylen
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D002648:Child; D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000517:prevention & control; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative