%0 Journal Article
%T Incidence of Hyponatraemia Following the Use of Three Different Intravenous Fluids in Paediatric Surgery
%A Casmir Edobor Omoifo
%A Nosa Philomena Edomwonyi
%A Sylvester Eshiotseme Idogun
%J Archive of "African Journal of Paediatric Surgery: AJPS".
%D 2018
%R 10.4103/ajps.AJPS_40_16
%X It is a common practice to administer 4.3% dextrose in 0.18% saline peri-operatively and for routine fluid maintenance in the paediatric age group. Concerns have been expressed about the risk of hyponatraemia associated with the administration of hypotonic intravenous fluids, hence the need to re-evaluate our practice. This study aims to evaluate the relative incidence of intra-operative hyponatraemia following the use of isotonic and hyopotonic intravenous fluids
%K Hyponatraemia
%K intra-operative
%K intravenous fluids
%K paediatrics
%K surgery
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6615004/