TY - JOUR
T1 - Body fluids and salt metabolism - Part II
AU - Peruzzo, Mattia
AU - Milani, Gregorio P.
AU - Garzoni, Luca
AU - Longoni, Laura
AU - Simonetti, Giacomo D.
AU - Bettinelli, Alberto
AU - Fossali, Emilio F.
AU - Bianchetti, Mario G.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - 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 maintenance and replacement.
AB - 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 maintenance and replacement.
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U2 - 10.1186/1824-7288-36-78
DO - 10.1186/1824-7288-36-78
M3 - Article
C2 - 21144005
AN - SCOPUS:79957480650
VL - 36
JO - Italian Journal of Pediatrics
JF - Italian Journal of Pediatrics
SN - 1720-8424
IS - 1
M1 - 78
ER -