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Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 42, No. 4, 317-324 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/000992280304200404

Accelerated Intravenous Rehydration

Usama Kanaan, MD

Katherine Macrae Dell, MD

Jason Hoagland, MD

Mary Ann O'Riordan, MS

Lydia Furman, MD

Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

This study was undertaken to determine whether accelerated intravenous (IV) rehydration using a new Isotonic Dehydration Worksheet results in: (1) complications in serum sodium or volume status; and (2) decreased duration of IV fluid therapy or length of hospital stay. A retrospective cohort study utilizing chart review method was used. An intervention group of 98 children ages 1 month to 12 years treated with the Isotonic Dehydration Worksheet from December 2000 to March 2001 was compared to a control group of 61 children treated from December 1999 to March 2000 before introduction of the worksheet. Complication rates were low and did not differ between the 2 groups. Mean unadjusted lengths of IV therapy (35.3 vs. 33.7 hours) and of hospital stay (47.0 vs. 49.3 hours) were not significantly different between the 2 groups. Introduction of an accelerated rehydration protocol was well tolerated by patients, but did not result in a significant decrease in the outcome variables examined. Other factors may have a greater impact on the outcome variables, and a prospective study to address these questions is planned.


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