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fluid maintenance: weight >20 kg    1500 ml plus 20 ml/kg/day after 20 kg    EX:...

fluid maintenance:

weight >20 kg    1500 ml plus 20 ml/kg/day after 20 kg    EX: 25 kg=1500 plus 100 ml=1600

my patient weighed 21 kg

please help me with..

what is the 24 hours fluid maintenance for the patient

what would be the hourly rate of IV fluids for a NPO patient

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Patient weight. 21 kg

so fluid required for 24 hrs will be 1500+20 =1520ml

hourly rate=1520/24

63.3~63 ml/hr

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