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Never forget to check if the patient is able to drink and increase their own fluid
intake to rehydrate before you make some one NBM or give them IV fluids.
Maintenance fluids – 25-30ml/kg/day of fluid
1mmol/kg/day potassium, sodium and chloride
50-100g/day glucose
NaCl with 40mmol of potassium, increases the chloride from 154 to 194mmol
because charges need to balance.
Losses/additions will need to be added or subtracted from the total fluid amount.
Medications made up in saline will need to be subtracted from the total amount.
TPN will need to be subtracted from the total amount of maintenance given.
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