• Ital J Pediatr · Jan 2010

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    Body fluids and salt metabolism - part II.

    • Mattia Peruzzo, Gregorio P Milani, Luca Garzoni, Laura Longoni, Giacomo D Simonetti, Alberto Bettinelli, Emilio F Fossali, and Mario G Bianchetti.
    • Department of Pediatrics, Bellinzona and Mendrisio, and University of Bern, Switzerland.
    • Ital J Pediatr. 2010 Jan 1;36(1):78.

    AbstractThere 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 maintenance and replacement.

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