Advising patients to increase fluid intake for treating acute respiratory infections.

BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory infection is a common reason for people to present for medical care. Advice to increase fluid intake is a frequent treatment recommendation. Attributed benefits of fluids include replacing increased insensible fluid losses, correcting dehydration from reduced intake an...

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Auteurs principaux: Guppy, M, Mickan, S, Mar, D
Format: Journal article
Langue:English
Publié: 2005