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NASCER E CRESCER BIRTH AND GROWTH MEDICAL JOURNAL year 2018, vol XXVII, n.º 4 Fluid administration − Which direction? Sara VazI,II*,Sofia Cochito SousaI*, Francisco AbecasisI, Leonor BotoI, Joana RiosI, Cristina CamiloI, Marisa VieiraI ABSTRACT ADMINISTRAÇÃO DE SOROS − QUE DIREÇÃO? Introduction: Although fluid administration for intravenous hydration is a common practice in pediatric age, it is not devoid RESUMO of risks. Introdução: A utilização de soros para hidratação endo- Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study including all venosa é uma prática comum em idade pediátrica, não sendo children admitted to surgical recovery and receiving intravenous isenta de riscos. hydration at a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit between January and Métodos: Este foi um estudo de coorte retrospetivo que in- December 2015. Sodium, chloride, and base excess values were cluiu todas as crianças admitidas para recobro cirúrgico com registered on two occasions: after surgery and during Unit’s necessidade de hidratação endovenosa numa Unidade de Cui- hospitalization. dados Intensivos Pediátricos, entre janeiro e dezembro de 2015. Results: Two hundred and seven children were included in Foram registados os valores de sódio, cloro e excesso de bases the study, 66% of which, male, with a median age of 6.7 years. em dois períodos: após a cirurgia e durante o internamento na Fluids used consisted of 0.9% saline solution, 0.45% saline Unidade. solution, and polyelectrolyte solution. The most frequently Resultados: Foram incluídas 207 crianças, 66% das quais used fluids were polyelectrolyte (62%) and 0.9% saline solution do sexo masculino, com idade mediana de 6,7 anos. Os soros (48%) at the operating room, and 0.9% saline (63%) and 0.45% utilizados foram soro fisiológico, NaCl 0,45% com 5% de dex- saline (44%) solutions at the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. trose e polieletrolítico. Os soros mais frequentemente utilizados At the operating room, 0.9% saline solution led to higher chloride foram polieletrolítico (62%) e soro fisiológico (48%) no bloco median values and more negative base excess (metabolic operatório e soro fisiológico (63%) e NaCl 0,45% (44%) na Uni- acidosis) values compared with polyelectrolyte solution. At the dade de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos. No bloco operatório, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, 0.9% saline solution administration a utilização de soro fisiológico traduziu-se em valores medianos resulted in hyperchloremia (p=0.002) and more metabolic de cloro mais elevados e valores de excesso de bases (acido- acidosis (p=0.019) compared with 0.45% saline solution. There se metabólica) mais negativos do que os observados com soro was no statistically significant association between type of polieletrolítico. Na Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Pediátricos, solution used and sodium values. a administração de soro fisiológico conduziu a hipercloremia Discussion: This study shows that the use of 0.9% saline (p=0,002) e acidose metabólica mais pronunciada (p=0,019) do solution is associated with development of hyperchloremic que o observado com NaCl 0,45%. Não foi observada uma as- acidosis. This suggests that replacement of 0.9% saline solution sociação estatisticamente significativa entre o tipo de soro utili- with a plasma-like electrolyte solution may improve patient zado e os valores de sódio registados. outcomes. Discussão: Este estudo demonstra que a utilização de soro Keywords: Acid-base imbalance; Fluids; Hyperchloremia; fisiológico se associa ao desenvolvimento de acidose hiperclo- Hyponatremia; Metabolic acidosis; Water-electrolyte imbalance rémica. Tal sugere que a substituição de soro fisiológico por um soro com valores de eletrólitos semelhantes ao plasma poderá ter benefícios para o doente. Palavras-chave: Acidose metabólica; Equilíbrio ácido-base; __________ Equilíbrio hidro-eletrolítico; Hipercloremia; Hiponatremia; Soro I Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Pediatrics Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Norte; Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa. 1649-035 Lisboa, Portugal. [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Nascer e Crescer – Birth and Growth Medical Journal [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] 2018;27(4): 227-232. doi: 10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v27.i4.13698 II Pediatrics Department, Hospital de Santo Espírito da Ilha Terceira. 9700-049, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal. [email protected] *Both authors contributed equally to this work original articles 227 artigos originais NASCER E CRESCER BIRTH AND GROWTH MEDICAL JOURNAL year 2018, vol XXVII, n.º 4 INTRODUCTION Selection criteria included children with one month to 18 Administration of intravenous fluids is a common practice in years of age, admitted to the PICU for postoperative recovery the perioperative setting in pediatric age.1 However, for being and receiving intravenous hydration during hospitalization. so frequently used, it is often trivialized. Fluids are essential in Exclusion criteria included absence of information regarding type promoting adequate hydration, preventing hydroelectrolytic of fluid used at the operative room (OR) or PICU and absence of disorders, and maintaining hemodynamic and glycemic stability.2 laboratory analysis during the postoperative period. As with any other therapy, its use is not devoid of risks and can Demographic variables (sex, age), type of surgery, and type have detrimental effects.3 Important hydroelectrolytic and acid- of fluid used, both in OR and PICU, were analyzed. Fluids were base imbalances are some of the adverse events associated classified as (i) polyelectrolyte solution (e.g. Ringer Lactate® with the use of intravenous fluids.4-7 and Plasmalyte®), (ii) 0.9% saline solution, or (iii) 0.45% saline The applicability of a fluid is based on three assumptions − solution with 5% dextrose. Polyelectrolyte solution and 0.9% maintenance, replacement, and resuscitation – and fluid choice is saline solution could additionally have 5% dextrose. dictated by its purpose.1,2 The Holliday-Segar formula, published Sodium, chloride, and base excess (BE) values were analyzed in 1957, allows to estimate a child’s basic water requirements on two occasions. The first analysis was performed at the time and has been a cornerstone in clinical practice since, including up to four hours after admission to the PICU and was considered in the postoperative setting. Based on the concept of electrolyte to mirror the fluid used in the OR. Time since the end of this maintenance proposed by the authors, an hypotonic fluid is the first analysis until the end of the 24-hour hospitalization period in ideal maintenance fluid for hospitalized children.8 Several studies the PICU was designated the second analysis and considered to have subsequently demonstrated the association between mirror the fluid used in the Unit during hospitalization. hypotonic fluid and a higher probability of hyponatremia, with Hyponatremia was defined as sodium values lower than 135 potential risks of severe neurological damage or even death mmol/L and hypernatremia, as sodium values over 145 mmol/L. due the increased intracranial pressure promoted by cerebral Hypochloremia and hyperchloremia were defined as chloride edema.5,7,9-12 values lower than 98 mmol/L and higher than 106 mmol/L, Postsurgical patients are at high risk of hyponatremia respectively. BE values lower than -2mmol/L were used as cut- due to non-osmotic stimuli for antidiuretic hormone release.6 off for metabolic acidosis assumption. Recognition of this fact led to a change in clinical practice, through an increasing use of 0.9% saline solution. However, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS evidences supporting the superiority of this solution over the Statistical analysis was performed using IBM SPSS® remaining are lacking.13 In fact, this is an unevenly balanced software version 22.0 and Excel®. Descriptive statistics were fluid, with an excessively high chloride content (154 mmol/L performed. Categorical variables were described as absolute in saline solution versus 98−106±2mmol/L of plasma chloride), (n) and relative (%) frequencies. Quantitative variables were and its use is associated with development of hyperchloremic characterized by the mean and standard deviation when data acidosis, which is potentially deleterious. Recent studies was normally distributed and by the median and interquartile have shown the benefits of using balanced solutions, with a range (IQR 25,75) when normality was not present. Parametric significantly lower concentration of sodium and chloride and student’s t-test and non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test closer to plasma composition. Such solutions seem superior were used for variable analysis, when applicable. Statistical in maintaining the hydroelectrolyte and acid-base balance significance was set at p<0.05. compared to the traditionally used hypotonic and normal saline solutions.7,14-16 RESULTS Considering this, it is not surprising that fluid selection in A total of 220 children hospitalized during the considered clinical practice varies considerably and there is no consensus time period were analyzed. From these, 207 children met the on the optimal fluid composition.6 inclusion criteria and were included in the study and 13 were The present study aimed to investigate the impact on the excluded due to absence of laboratory registries in both OR and hydroelectrolytic and acid-base balance of different types of PICU. Children included in the analysis had