Perioperative and Postoperative Fluid Management in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Pediatric patients were sorted according to their ages in seven different groups: premature newborns <38 weeks gestational age) term newborns 38 weeks gestational age) neonate (0 30 days) infant (1 month 2 years) young child (2 6 years) child (6 12 years) and (g) adolescent (12 18 years) Newborn 7580 of your body is water, fat and muscle content increase with age and this ratio decreases up to 60 The extracellular fluid in newborn is 45 of their body weight. This ratio becomes 30% by the age of 1 year, and 20% when they reach adolescent period [2] Newborns who have a large surface to weight ratio, higher total water content, limited renal ability to concentrate, greater insensible water loss, thin skin, and high blood flow can dehydrated quicker [3] therefore, the fluid management is very important for pediatric patients.