Perioperative fluid therapy should be considered as a medical prescription of which both the volume and the composition should be adapted to the patient status, the type of operation and the expected events in the postoperative period. Perioperative fluid therapy is aimed at providing maintenance fluid requirements, at correcting fluid deficit and at providing the volume of fluid needed to main...

INTRODUCTION Animals presenting with either acute or chronic disease can exhibit a wide variety of fluid imbalances. The cat that has been chronically vomiting may be dehydrated but have normal perfusion. The dog that has been hit by a car may require intravascular volume replacement to treat hemorrhagic shock but will have normal hydration. The puppy with parvoviral enteritis and severe diarrh...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the predictive value of an intravenous fluid bolus during tilt table testing on clinical outcome and to evaluate of oral therapy is an effective treatment for patients with vasodepressor syncope. DESIGN Retrospective cohort. SETTING Regional pediatric cardiology outpatient clinic. PATIENTS Patients (N = 58) with a positive baseline tilt table testing result who we...

objective(s): the aim of this study wasto investigate the effects of mild hypothermia therapy on oxidative stress injury of rabbit brain tissue after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (cpr). materials and methods: rabbit models of cardiac arrest were established. after the restoration of spontaneous circulation, 50 rabbits were randomly divided into normothermia and hypothermia groups. the followin...

According to the practice guidelines of the American Bum Association on burn shock resuscitation, intravenous (i.v.) fluid therapy is the standard of care for the replacement of fluid and electrolyte losses in burn injury of > or = 20% of the total body surface area. However, in mass burn casualties, i.v. fluid resuscitation may be delayed or unavailable. Oral rehydration therapy (ORT), which h...