Maintenance.Fluids: Calculate maintenance fluids.

In CCVR/inteRn: What the package does (short line)

Description

Uses the Holliday-Seager method to calculate the amount of IV fluids required by a patient given their weight.

Usage

Maintenance.Fluids(
  weight = 200,
  units = "pounds"
)

Arguments

weight	Numerical value corresponding to the weight of the patient for which you want to calculate the amount of IV fluids required.
units	String value corresponding to the unit system used to measure the weight of the patient for which you want to calculate the amount of IV fluids required. Avaliable options are 'kg' if the patient's weight was measured in kilograms or 'pounds' if the patient's weight was measured in pounds.

Value

Returns a list object that includes the amount of mL per day and per hour required for maintenance of this patient.

Author(s)

Carlos C Vera Recio

References

HOLLIDAY, M A, and W E SEGAR. “The maintenance need for water in parenteral fluid therapy.” Pediatrics vol. 19,5 (1957): 823-32.

Examples

# Maintentance fluids for a 200 pound patient
Maintenance.Fluids(
  weight = 200,
  units = "pounds"
)

# Maintentance fluids for a 100 kg patient
Maintenance.Fluids(
  weight = 100,
  units = "kg"
)

# Maintentance fluids for a 20 kg patient
Maintenance.Fluids(
  weight = 20,
  units = "kg"
)

CCVR/inteRn documentation built on Dec. 17, 2021, 12:51 p.m.