On-going lessons in fluid prescription: assessment of adherence to weight-based intravenous fluid prescribing in medical inpatients

Derek Cocker; Derek Sloan; Ffion Carlin; Eileen Marks; Michael Beadsworth

doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.15-5-503

On-going lessons in fluid prescription: assessment of adherence to weight-based intravenous fluid prescribing in medical inpatients

Clin Med (Lond). 2015 Oct;15(5):503-4. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-5-503.

Authors

Derek Cocker¹, Derek Sloan, Ffion Carlin¹, Eileen Marks², Michael Beadsworth¹

Affiliations

¹ Tropical Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
² Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Metabolic Medicine, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK.

Abstract

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Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Algorithms
Fluid Therapy / methods*
Guideline Adherence
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous
Inpatients*
Middle Aged
Prescriptions*
Prospective Studies