A 5-year-old girl weighing 20 kg is admitted with right lower lobe pneumonia. She is febrile at 38.9 degrees C…

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A 5-year-old girl weighing 20 kg is admitted with right lower lobe pneumonia. She is febrile at 38.9 degrees Celsius, saturating 93% on 2 litres per minute of oxygen by nasal prongs, and has refused all food and drink for 18 hours. She is warm and well perfused with a normal blood pressure and no postural symptoms. Serum sodium is 136 mmol/L, potassium 4.1 mmol/L and glucose 4.8 mmol/L. Intravenous fluid is to be started for maintenance while she remains nil by mouth. Which one of the following…

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Sodium chloride 0.9% with glucose 5% at two-thirds maintenance

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Compound sodium lactate at full maintenance

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Sodium chloride 0.45% with glucose 5% at full maintenance

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Sodium chloride 0.45% with glucose 5% at two-thirds maintenance

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Sodium chloride 0.9% with glucose 5% at full maintenance

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