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Editorial
. 2008 May;23(5):677-80.
doi: 10.1007/s00467-007-0610-3. Epub 2007 Oct 23.

Maintenance fluid therapy: what it is and what it is not

Aaron L Friedman, Patricio E Ray
Editorial

Maintenance fluid therapy: what it is and what it is not

Aaron L Friedman et al. Pediatr Nephrol. 2008 May.

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.

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