Phase II trial of isotonic fluid resuscitation in Kenyan children with severe malnutrition and hypovolaemia

BACKGROUND: Children with severe malnutrition who develop shock have a high mortality. Contrary to contemporaneous paediatric practice, current guidelines recommend use of low dose hypotonic fluid resuscitation (half-strength Darrows/5% dextrose (HSD/5D). We evaluated the safety and efficacy of this...

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Autores principales: Akech, Samuel O, Karisa, Japhet, Nakamya, Phellister, Boga, Mwanamvua, Maitland, Kathryn
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2973932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20923577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-10-71

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2973932/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20923577
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-10-71

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