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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Diabetes. 2015 Mar 19;16(5):338–344. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12268

Table 1. Texas Children's Hospital Protocol Specifications.

	Group A 1998-2004	Group B 2004-2010
Initial Volume Expansion Fluid Type	10-20 mL/kg of Normal Saline	10-20 mL/kg of Lactated Ringer's
Initial Volume Expansion Fluid Type	1/2 Normal Saline(Na 77 mEq/L)	Lactated Ringer's(Na 130 mEq/L)
Recommended Rate for First 24 h	3500 mL-m^-2-day^-1	2500 mL-m^-2-day^-1
Potassium Supplement	20 mEq/L of K acetate and 20 mEq/L of K₂PO₄	15 mEq/L of KCl and 30 mEq/L of K₂PO₄