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This guideline covers the prescription of intravenous maintenance fluids (water and sodium) in children. A separate document addresses the choice of fluid for intravenous fluid resuscitation, please see the key link on this page.
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Efficacy and safety of isotonic versus hypotonic intravenous maintenance fluids in hospitalized children: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Amer BE, Abdelwahab OA, Abdelaziz A, Soliman Y, Amin AM, Mohamed MA, Albakri K, Zedan EM, Hamouda N. Pediatr Nephrol. 2024 Jan;39(1):57-84.
The effect of dehydration, hyperchloremia and volume of fluid resuscitation on acute kidney injury in children admitted to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis. Hay RE, Parsons SJ, Wade AW. Pediatr Nephrol. 2024 Mar;39(3):889-896.
Balanced crystalloids versus saline for critically ill patients (BEST-Living): a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis. Zampieri FG, Cavalcanti AB, Di Tanna GL, Damiani LP, Hammond NE, Machado FR, Micallef S, Myburgh J, Ramanan M, Venkatesh B, Rice TW, Semler MW, Young PJ, Finfer S. Lancet Respir Med. 2023 Nov 29:S2213-2600(23)00417-4.
