Fluids in paediatric diabetic ketoacidosis: the choice is not solely academic

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy.
• ² Pediatric Diabetes Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Diabetes Research Institute, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.
• ³ Department of Women's and Children's Health, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, G. Salesi Hospital, Ancona, Italy.
• ⁴ Department of Woman, Child and General and Specialistic Surgery, Regional Center of Pediatric Diabetes, University of Campania L. Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.
• ⁵ Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
• ⁶ Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
• ⁷ Endocrinology and Diabetology Unit, Meyer University Children's Hospital IRCCS, Florence, Italy.
• ⁸ Division of Pediatrics, Diabetes and Endocrinology, ASST Cremona, Ospedale Maggiore di Cremona, Cremona 26100, Italy. Electronic address: a.scaramuzza@gmail.com.