Change in Total Body Water as a Metric for Predicting Need for Outpatient Intravenous Fluids in Postoperative Bariatric Patients.
CONCLUSION: Increased hospital length of stay predicts patients at risk of postoperative dehydration requiring IVF administration. Body composition testing and TBW were not useful in distinguishing between populations. Further research is needed to examine the efficacy of outpatient IVF in preventing hospital readmissions for dehydration.
PMID: 32862663 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The American Surgeon - Category: Surgery Authors: Matevish LE, Hawkins AT, Bethurum AJ, Aher CV, English WJ, Williams DB, Spann MD Tags: Am Surg Source Type: research
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