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Small animal fluid therapy 2. Solutions and monitoring
Author(s) -
Michell A. R.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of small animal practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1748-5827
pISSN - 0022-4510
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5827.1994.tb03837.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , set (abstract data type) , feature (linguistics) , philosophy , linguistics , computer science , programming language
This review outlines the importance of considering other aspects of treatment for underlying conditions, and other nursing measures, when fluid therapy is employed in small animal patients. The choice of fluid therapy should be based on rationally defined therapeutic targets and not following a strict set of procedures. Monitoring should also be a constant feature during fluid therapy so that adjustments can be made according to a patient's response to the treatment.