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    Fluid replacement or fluid resuscitation is the medical practice of replenishing bodily fluid lost through sweating, bleeding, fluid shifts or other pathologic...
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  • given for fluid replacement, either by drinking or by injection, are also called fluids (e.g. "drink plenty of fluids"). In hydraulics, fluid is a term...
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    The intravenous route is the fastest way to deliver medications and fluid replacement throughout the body as they are introduced directly into the circulatory...
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    Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) is a type of fluid replacement used to prevent and treat dehydration, especially due to diarrhea. It involves drinking...
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    factors. Some authorities suggest that it is the result of overvigorous fluid replacement, but the complication may develop before treatment has been commenced...
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  • established in critically ill patients. Using an isotonic salt solution for fluid replacement, continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH) was soon extended...
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    collected and the unharvested components are returned to the donor. Fluid replacement is usually not needed in this type of collection. In many countries...
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  • Fluid shifts may be compensated by fluid replacement or diuretics. "Third spacing" is the abnormal accumulation of fluid into an extracellular and extravascular...
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    shock is low blood pressure due to sepsis that does not improve after fluid replacement. Sepsis is caused by many organisms including bacteria, viruses and...
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    cardiovascular, renal, or other related comorbid factors preclude aggressive fluid replacement. In patients with severe volume depletion that manifests as hypotension...
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  • Parkland formula (category Intravenous fluids)
    formula developed by Charles R. Baxter, used to estimate the amount of replacement fluid required for the first 24 hours in a burn patient so as to ensure...
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  • of providing volume for the circulatory system. It may be used for fluid replacement or during surgery to prevent nausea and vomiting after surgery. When...
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    intravenous fluids can be used until they can receive a blood transfusion. In order to replace blood loss quickly and with large amounts of IV fluids or blood...
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  • mineral Drinking in general, including: Fluid replacement, the medical practice of replenishing bodily fluid Oral rehydration therapy, hydration as a...
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  • emergency medicine procedure Fluid replacement, also known as Fluid resuscitation – medical practice of replenishing bodily fluid lostPages displaying wikidata...
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  • rehydration therapy (ORT), is type of fluid replacement used as a treatment for dehydration. In an acute hospital setting, fluid balance is monitored carefully...
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  • physical examination. Treatment for iron poisoning involves providing fluid replacement, gastrointestinal decontamination, administering deferoxamine intravenously...
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    inclusion of sodium in fluid replacement drinks has some theoretical benefits and poses little or no risk, so long as these fluids are hypotonic (since...
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  • Rehydration may refer to: Fluid replacement therapy, which may use several routes. Restoring water content in previously dehydrated objects. Rehydration...
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  • Amnioinfusion is a method in which isotonic fluid is instilled into the uterine cavity. It was introduced in the 1960s as a means of terminating pregnancy...
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    athletes consume large amounts of fluid. This has been noted to be the result of the encouragement of excessive fluid replacement by various guidelines. This...
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    water (collectively called ultrafiltrate) are removed by convection. Replacement fluid is added and the blood is returned to the patient. As in dialysis...
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    Graves, Gatorade was created to help athletes by acting as a replacement for body fluids lost during physical exertion. The earliest version of the beverage...
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    total blood volume, fluid replacement may be required. Lactated Ringer's solution (LRS) is recommended as the best fluid replacement by National Institutes...
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    therapy is required. Patients who cannot tolerate oral fluid replacement may require intravenous fluid therapy. Although most Vibrio species are sensitive...
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    drinks are sometimes chosen to be a solution for this problem through fluid replacement, carbohydrate loading and nutrient supplementation, although the same...
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    ventilation may be necessary. Fluid replacement may be required to ensure adequate blood volume, but fluids are given carefully since fluid overload can worsen...
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    depletion or volume contraction, is a state of abnormally low extracellular fluid in the body. This may be due to either a loss of both salt and water or...
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    tremors, and priapism. He was treated with anesthetics, antivenom and fluid replacement. In a period from 1925 to 1945 there were recorded 415 bites by this...
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    should be stopped, which may require surgery or embolization. Intravenous fluid, such as Ringer's lactate or packed red blood cells, is often given. Efforts...
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