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Early Detection & Intervention of Dehydration
- Errors (Cont.)
- ordering diuretics and never checking laboratory studies
- not ordering daily intakes
- ordering daily intakes and not looking at them
- ordering daily intakes, looking at them and either not understanding them or failing to act upon consistently low intakes
- not obtaining dietary consultation
- obtaining dietary consultation but not reading or following their recommendations
- not understanding additional fluid requirements of enteral feedings
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