A critical aspect of the care of acutely ill patients is the administration of intravenous fluids. Intravenous fluids may be required as a bolus infusion for resuscitation or as a continuous infusion ...

Maintenance fluids refer to the amount of fluid required by a person’s body to replace the daily losses through urine, sweat, breathing, and gastrointestinal activities. These fluids usually include ...

Hospitalized children should receive isotonic fluids such as 0.9% normal saline rather than hypotonic solutions for routine maintenance: This standard practice significantly reduces the risk of ...

Objetive: We sought to determine the association between maintenance intravenous solutions and the presence of hyponatremia in children in pediatric intensive care (PICU). Materials and Methods: An ...

The safety of giving intravenous (IV) maintenance fluids according to Holliday and Segar's recommendations of 1957 has recently been questioned after reports of complications caused by iatrogenic ...

To compare the incidence of hyponatremia during the first 48 h in hospitalized children receiving normal saline vs. N/2 saline as maintenance intravenous fluid. This open label, randomized controlled ...