IV Fluid Rate Calculator
Adult maintenance fluid estimates or an explicitly selected children's NICE NG29 Holliday–Segar calculation
When to use it
Use after assessing the indication, dosing weight, fluid balance and oral/enteral intake; maintenance is separate from resuscitation and ongoing-loss replacement.
Category
Nursing Calculators
References
- HOLLIDAY MA et al. The maintenance need for water in parenteral fluid therapy. Pediatrics. 1957;19:823-32. PMID: 13431307
- NICE Guideline CG174: IV fluid therapy in adults in hospital. 2013. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg174
- NICE Guideline NG29: Intravenous fluid therapy in children and young people in hospital. 2015. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng29
About NephroMind
This calculator is part of NephroMind, a free clinical decision-aid platform from the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT) — over 128 bedside nephrology calculators plus a renal drug-dosing database, coded by a practicing transplant nephrologist.