ELECTROLYTES ( ors)

ELECTROLYTES

ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE  IN THE BODY  FLUIDS MOST OFTEN RESULTS AFTER 
VOMITING AND FROM DIARRHOEA DUE  TO VARYING CAUSED. RESULTS IN FLUID 
AND ELECTROLYTE LOSS OF MILD MODERATE - SEVERE NATURE DEPENDING 
ON THE AMOUNT OF FLUID LOSS, AGE OF  THE PATIENTS, AND HIS PRE - EXISTING
GENERAL CONDITIONS AND THE ADEQUACY -  AND  TYPE OF ORAL SUPPLEMENTATIONS GIVEN.  SEVERE  SITUATIONS MAY EVEN RESULT IN 
FATAL OUTCOME  ESPECIALLY IN INFANTS OR  VERY OLD PATIENTS. 
IN SEVERE CONDITIONS WHERE ORAL  SUPPLEMENTATION IS NOT POSSIBLE OR 
ADEQUATE DUE TO ATIENTS GENERAL CONDITIONS  OF RECURRENT VOMITING I.V. SUPPLEMENTATIONS  HAS TO BE RESORTED TO ALTHOUGH  IN MILDER CASES  ORAL SUPPLEMENTATION BY  FLAVOURED ELECTROLYTES SOLUTIONS OF STANDARD BIOCHEMICALLY RESEARCHED  COMPOSITION BY WHO / INSTITUTIONS IS 
THE METHOD IF CHOICE.

DOSAGE :
ADULTS :
DAILY DOSE TO BE EQUIVALENT TO PATIENTS 
WATER REQUIREMENTS FOR MAINTENANCE &
 REPLACEMENTS OF LOSSES PREFERABLY 
CALCULATED ON BASIS OF BODY SURFACE 
AREA UP TO 2-3 LITRES DAILY

CHILDREN :
UPTO 5 YEARS : 400 ML TO 1.6 LITRE DAILY
 ( 8 - 12  ML/KG BODY WEIGHT PER HOUR
 DEPENDING ON NEED. OLDER CHILDREN :
 2-3 LITRES SPREAD OVER 24 HOURS

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