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JOSEPH H. HOLMES, MD, DMS; VISITH SITPRIJA, MD, PhD; PAMELA WALKER, AB; JAMES SIMPSON, AB

Arch Intern Med. 1965;116(6):813-818.

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IN STUDYING fluid ingestion by hospital patients it became apparent that factors other than actual thirst played a significant role in determining the patient's daily fluid intake. A major share of the patient's intake could be related to a drinking habit pattern which might have been established for many years and whose exact origin was unknown.1 Another important consideration included factors inherent in hospital care and the patient's therapy.² Among the hospital factors affecting fluid intake one of the most important was the amount of fluid a patient consumed in taking various types of prescribed medications. When a patient was taking 20 or 30 different pills and capsules, the fluid ingested with medication could attain a significant figure. Moreover, in patients on restricted fluid intake the fluids consumed with medication could account for a significant portion of the total allowed fluid and become a therapeutic problem. Therefore, a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
DENVER

From the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver.

Footnotes
Received for publication April 12, 1965; accepted May 19.

Reprint requests to 4200 E Ninth Ave, Denver, Colo 80220 (Dr. Holmes).

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