Body fluids and salt metabolism - Part I
Open Access
- 19 November 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Italian Journal of Pediatrics
- Vol. 35 (1), 36-6
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1824-7288-35-36
Abstract
There is a high frequency of diarrhea and vomiting in childhood. As a consequence the focus of the present review is to recognize the different body fluid compartments, to clinically assess the degree of dehydration, to know how the equilibrium between extracellular fluid and intracellular fluid is maintained, to calculate the effective blood osmolality and discuss both parenteral fluid requirments and repair.Keywords
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