Overview of Fluid Maintenance/Prevention of Dehydration

Author: Jody L. Vogelzang, MS, RD, FADA, JLV and Associates, Southlake, Tex. Reviewers: Marilyn Ferguson-Wolf, RD, Food Management Corporation, Clinton, Wash; Ann Gallagher, RD, F.A. Gallagher and Associates, Fort Wayne, Ind; Janet Gilbreath, RN, MSN, MBA, Quality Management and Research Team, The American Dietetic Association, Chicago, Ill; Gwen Hampe, RD, consultant dietitian, Dedham, Mass; Elvira Q. Johnson, MS, RD, Nutrition Services, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Mass; Betty Leif, RD, consultant dietitian, Greendale, Wis; John E. Morley, MB, BCh, St Louis University Health Sciences Center, St Louis, Mo; Kathleen Niedert, MBA, RD, FADA, Omega Health Associates, Hudson, Iowa; Kathleen Pintell, RD, consultant dietitian, Butler, Pa; Mary Ellen Posthauer, RD, MEP Health Care, Evansville, Ind; Gretchen Robinson, MS, RD, FADA, Health Care Facilities Inc, Ada, Ohio; Susanne Rymer, RD, consultant dietitian, Laurel, Md; Karen Smith, MS, RD, FADA, Morrison Health Care, Smyrna, Ga; Nancy Wellman, PhD, RD, National Center of Nutrition and Aging, Florida International University, Miami. Editor's note: This is the third in a series of medical nutrition therapy protocols published in the Journal. See page 351 of the March issue or refer to Medical Nutrition Therapy across the Continuum of Care, 2nd ed (Chicago, Ill, American Dietetic Association, 1998) for more information on the medical nutrition therapy protocols. To obtain an electronic version of this protocol, E-mail your request tojgilbre@eatright.org.