Medication: Sodium chloride
Eva Madison is a 5-year-old female who just arrived to the pediatric floor from the emergency department, where she arrived at 7:00 AM with a 3-day history of vomiting and diarrhea, inability to keep fluids down, and no urination since 8:00 PM yesterday.
At her last check-up a few months ago, her weight was 21.2 kg, and today her weight is 20.5 kg. She is pale and listless, and her mucous membranes are dry. An intravenous saline bolus of 400 mL was started in the emergency department and has just finished. Maintenance fluids are to follow.
Medication: Sodium chloride
