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Intravenous fluid prescribing: time to act

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 Intravenous fluid prescribing is one of the commonest tasks undertaken by doctors in hospitals.¹ Hitherto, fluid prescribing has not been ascribed the same status as drug (especially antibiotics) prescribing. Is this about to change in light of the recent NICE clinical guideline 174 on intravenous fluid prescribing in adult patients in hospital? One can only hope so in view of safety concerns about inappropriate administration of fluids especially in older patients.The 1999 and 2011 reports of the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) drew attention to the harm that inappropriate fluid administration may be causing in older

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