TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 81. Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy A1 - Brown, Lance A2 - Cline, David M. A2 - Ma, O. John A2 - Cydulka, Rita K. A2 - Meckler, Garth D. A2 - Handel, Daniel A. A2 - Thomas, Stephen H. PY - 2012 T2 - Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine Manual, 7e AB - The most common disorder of fluid balance in children requiring emergency care is dehydration. Dehydration is the result of a negative fluid balance that can result from decreased fluid intake (mouth or throat disorders, systemic illness, neurologic illness, and other causes); increased output (vomiting, diarrhea, fever, environmental heat, respiratory illness, renal losses and other causes); or fluid shifts in conditions such as burns and sepsis. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/11 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56274625 ER -