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Intravenous postoperative fluid prescriptions for children: A survey of practice

BACKGROUND: Postoperative deaths and neurological injury have resulted from hyponatraemia associated with the use of hypotonic saline solutions following surgery. We aimed to determine the rates and types of intravenous fluids being prescribed postoperatively for children in the UK. METHODS: A quest...

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Autores principales: Davies, Polly, Hall, Tim, Ali, Tariq, Lakhoo, Kokila
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2435100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18541019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-8-10