Understanding the fluid therapy essentials

Authors : Lora KOENHEMSİ

Pages : 4-4

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Publication Date : 2020-03-31

Article Type : Review Paper

Abstract :Fluid therapy is important in the treatment of many medical conditions in medicine. Normal cellular function can be impaired without water and potentially lead to patient death. Therefore, the veterinarian should have extensive knowledge of fluid therapy. Fluid therapy in clinical medicine is used to fulfill the following objectives: insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(1); to replace dehydration deficits, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2); to maintain normal hydration, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(3); to replace essential electrolytes and nutrients, and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(4); to serve as a vehicle for the infusions of certain intravenous medications. A fluid therapy plan should be individualized for each small animal patient and constantly re -evaluated and reformulated according to changes in status. The aims of this speech are to help the small animal clinician determine the therapy goals, selecting appropriate fluids and rates of administration, and assessing patient response to the treatment.
Keywords : fluid therapy, dehydration, small animal