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eMediNexus Editorial 23 December 2020
This guideline addresses the needs for restoration of fluids during illness, principles of restoration, probable impact on recovery and suitable criteria for an ideal restoration guideline.
Water and electrolytes balance is crucial for body homeostasis and is one of the most important physiological mechanisms in the body. While we can survive for months without food, without water intake we die very quickly.
Similarly, the body has a strong mechanism to control salt and water balance, an understanding of which has major implications in clinical practice.
In 1967, Moore and Shires wrote; “the objective of care is restoration to normal physiology and normal function of organs, with a normal blood volume, functional body water and electrolytes. This can never be achieved by inundation.”
Fluid restoration refers to the maintenance of fluid and energy balance in the body. It is needed in both healthy individuals and in those who are suffering from diseases; although the fluid restoration needs are different in both the cases. Additionally, restoration needs also vary among paediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric populations as well as in males and females.
There are various factors leading to loss of water and electrolytes from the body;
There is no evidence showing that consumption of up to 1 cola drink (200 ml)/day can be linked to any metabolic syndrome. However, chronic consumption of cola-beverages, either sucrose-or artificially-sweetened cola, may lead to human metabolic syndrome. It has also been observed that consumption of alcohol above 6 Gms has no medicinal relaxation value.
The sugar limits present in various food items and fluids are;
An ideal restoration drink will have the following characteristics:
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