Intravenous postoperative fluid prescriptions for children: A survey of practice

BMC Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Davies, Polly ^a   Hall, Tim ^b   Ali, Tariq ^c   Lakhoo, Kokila ^c  

^a NORTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; ISOTONIC SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ELECTROLYTE; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; APPENDECTOMY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CYST; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICATION ERROR; MONITORING; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

APPENDECTOMY; CHILD; CYSTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG DOSAGE CALCULATIONS; ELECTROLYTES; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GLUCOSE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTUSSUSCEPTION; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; LAPAROTOMY; MEDICATION ERRORS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTIONS, NON-DRUG; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 45749100445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-8-10     Document Type: Article

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