Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 5-12 , February 2008

Fluid management for children presenting to the emergency department: Guidelines for clinical practice

  • Dianne Crellin, RN, NP, BN, Cert (Emerg), GradDip (Paed), MN

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • School of Nursing, The University of Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationTel.: +61 3 9345 5331.

Received 22 November 2007 ,Revised 2 December 2007 ,Accepted 3 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2007.12.001

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 11, Issue 1 , Pages 5-12 , February 2008

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