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Subcutaneous Rehydration

Pediatric Emergency Playbook

Well, it turns out, what is old is new again. in the Journal of Emergency Nursing in 2013 compared subcutaneous fluid infusion with intravenous fluid infusion in children with difficult IV access. A 25-gauge butterfly or 24-gauge angiocatheter works well from an infant to an elder. Pediatrics. Pediatrics.