Maintenance Fluids
Not all fluid therapy is intravenous!
25-30 ml / kg / day of water (~2 litres for 70kg adult)
- Consider prescribing less fluid (e.g. 20-25 ml / kg / day fluid) for patients who are high risk of overload
Approx. 1 mmol / kg / day of K, Na & Cl
50-100 g / day of glucose to limit starvation ketosis.
- 1 litre 5% glucose or dextrose = 50 g
- This quantity will not meet a patient's nutritional needs
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