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Undergraduate medical textbooks do not provide adequate information on intravenous fluid therapy: a systematic survey and suggestions for improvement

BACKGROUND: Inappropriate prescribing of intravenous (IV) fluid, particularly 0.9% sodium chloride, causes post-operative complications. Fluid prescription is often left to junior medical staff and is frequently poorly managed. One reason for poor intravenous fluid prescribing practices could be ina...

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Autores principales: Powell, Arfon GMT, Paterson-Brown, Simon, Drummond, Gordon B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3933276/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24555812
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-14-35