Continuous IV Fluid Administration Clinical Pathway — Inpatient

Child Who Requires IV Fluids

This pathway is for healthy term infants > 28 days and children who require maintenance intravenous fluid on inpatient units not included in the out-of-scope locations below.

Exclusion Criteria

Out-of-scope Locations	PICU N/IICU CICU CCU Day Medicine
Out-of-scope Conditions	Heart failure Parenteral Nutrition Hypoglycemia Suspected Metabolic Disease Confirmed SIADH DKA Diabetes Insipidus Adrenal insufficiency Abnormal renal function Nephrotic syndrome Severe anemia Neurosurgical patients Pre- and post-chemotherapy hydration Tumor Lysis Syndrome Burns

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The clinical pathways are based upon publicly available medical evidence and/or a consensus of medical practitioners at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”) and are current at the time of publication. These clinical pathways are intended to be a guide for practitioners and may need to be adapted for each specific patient based on the practitioner’s professional judgment, consideration of any unique circumstances, the needs of each patient and their family, and/or the availability of various resources at the health care institution where the patient is located.

Accordingly, these clinical pathways are not intended to constitute medical advice or treatment, or to create a doctor-patient relationship between/among The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (“CHOP”), its physicians and the individual patients in question. CHOP does not represent or warrant that the clinical pathways are in every respect accurate or complete, or that one or more of them apply to a particular patient or medical condition. CHOP is not responsible for any errors or omissions in the clinical pathways, or for any outcomes a patient might experience where a clinician consulted one or more such pathways in connection with providing care for that patient.

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Child Who Requires IV Fluids

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Child Who Requires IV Fluids

Exclusion Criteria