S4 Ep76: IV Fluids - Salty and Sweet
The Cribsiders
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How to Rehydrate a Kid With Fluids
The two most commonly used fluids in the hospital setting are S normal saline or LR lactated ringers. I would recommend at least getting electrolytes and probably some baseline kidney function just so you know where you're starting at. There's growing evidence, but a lot of the evidence is really contradictory and very confusing. Pediatrics lagging quite a bit behind adult medicine when it comes to both the number and the quality of the studies that we have.
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