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Betti C, Busi I, Cortesi C, Anselmi L, Mendoza-Sagaon M, Simonetti GD. Fluids and body composition during anesthesia in children and adolescents: A pilot study. Eur J Pediatr 2024; 183:2251-2256. [PMID: 38407589 PMCID: PMC11035464 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-024-05490-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2024] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the intracellular and extracellular volume before and after anesthesia in order to ascertain their variations and determine the potential utility of this information in optimizing intraoperative fluid administration practices. A bioimpedance spectroscopy device (body composition monitor, BCM) was used to measure total body fluid volume, extracellular volume, and intracellular volume. BCM measurements were performed before and after general anesthesia in unselected healthy children and adolescents visiting the Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland for low-risk surgical procedures hydrated with an isotonic solution. In 100 children and adolescents aged 7.0 (4.8-11) years (median and interquartile range), the average total body water increased perioperatively with a delta value of 182 (0-383) mL/m2 from pre- to postoperatively, as well as the extracellular water content, which had a similar increase with a delta value of 169 (19-307) mL/m2. The changes in total body water and extracellular water content significantly correlated with the amount of fluids administered. The intracellular water content did not significantly change. Conclusion: Intraoperative administration of isotonic solutions results in a significant fluid accumulation in low-risk schoolchildren during general anesthesia. The results suggest that children without major health problems undergoing short procedures do not need any perioperative intravenous fluid therapy, because they are allowed to take clear fluids up to 1 h prior anesthesia. In future studies, the use of BCM measurements has the potential to be valuable in guiding intraoperative fluid therapy. What is Known: • Most children who undergo common surgical interventions or investigations requiring anesthesia are nowadays hydrated at a rate of 1700 mL/m2/day with an isotonic solution. • The use bioimpedance spectroscopy for the assessment of fluid status in healthy children has already been successfully validated. • The bioimpedance spectroscopy is already currently widely used in various nephrological settings to calculate fluid overload and determine patient's optimal fluid status. What is New: • Routine intraoperative fluid administration results in a significant fluid accumulation during general anesthesia in low-risk surgical procedures. • This observation might be relevant for children and adolescents with conditions predisposing to fluid retention. • In future studies, the use of BCM measurements has the potential to be valuable in guiding intraoperative fluid therapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Céline Betti
- Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
- Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
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Brossier DW, Goyer I, Verbruggen SCAT, Jotterand Chaparro C, Rooze S, Marino LV, Schlapbach LJ, Tume LN, Valla FV. Intravenous maintenance fluid therapy in acutely and critically ill children: state of the evidence. THE LANCET. CHILD & ADOLESCENT HEALTH 2024; 8:236-244. [PMID: 38224704 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(23)00288-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
Abstract
Intravenous maintenance fluid therapy (IV-MFT) is one of the most prescribed, yet one of the least studied, interventions in paediatric acute and critical care settings. IV-MFT is not typically treated in the same way as drugs with specific indications, contraindications, compositions, and associated adverse effects. In the last decade, societies in both paediatric and adult medicine have issued evidence-based practice guidelines for the use of intravenous fluids in clinical practice. The main objective of this Viewpoint is to summarise and compare the rationales on which these international expert guidelines were based and how these recommendations affect IV-MFT practices in paediatric acute and critical care. Although these guidelines recommend the use of isotonic fluids as a standard in IV-MFT, some discrepancies and uncertainties remain regarding the systematic use of balanced fluids, glucose and electrolyte requirements, and appropriate fluid volume. IV-MFT should be considered in the same way as any other prescription drug and none of the components of IV-MFT prescription should be overlooked (ie, choice of drug, dosing rate, duration of treatment, and de-escalation). Furthermore, most evidence that was used to inform the guidelines comes from high-income countries. Although some principles of IV-MFT are universal, the direct relevance to and feasibility of implementing the guidelines in low-income and middle-income countries is uncertain.
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- David W Brossier
- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Caen, France; Medical School, Université Caen Normandie, Caen, France; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université de Lille, ULR 2694-METRICS: Évaluation des technologies de santé et des pratiques médicales, Lille, France.
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- Department of Pharmacy, University Hospital of Caen, Caen, France
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- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Neonatal and Paediatric Intensive Care, Erasmus MC, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Geneva School of Health Sciences, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Paediatric Intensive Care, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Brussels, Belgium
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- University Hospital Southampton, National Health Service Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Intensive Care and Neonatology, and Children's Research Centre, University Children's Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, UK; Faculty of Health Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK
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- Faculty of Health Social Care and Medicine, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK; Paediatric Intensive Care, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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Miura K, Dall'Amico R. Isotonic versus hypotonic intravenous maintenance fluid therapy: what's new? Pediatr Nephrol 2024; 39:11-13. [PMID: 37605075 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-023-06126-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
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- Kenichiro Miura
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1, Kawada-Cho, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatrics, S. Maria Degli Angeli Hospital, Pordenone, Italy
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