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Is there a protocol for measuring the fluid intake for a laboring client that eats ice chips while on NPO status? I have to closely monitor her I&O but I'm not sure how to document the ice intake.

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Suebird :)

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Specializes in 4 years peds, 7 years L and D.

Isnt a full cup of ice chips 90ml?

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Ice chips melt to 50% of the qty. For example, if you give a patient a 50cc cup of ice chips, it melts to 25cc water, so you'd record the intake as 25cc.

Amanda

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

We usually only measure ice intake on strict I/O patients, e.g. PIH and pre-eclamptic or heart people.

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