You may have noticed that no fluid rate would get saved into a SmartFlow Anesthetic and Flowsheet Templates (e.g., 2.0x maintenance, 3.0x maintenance, etc.). 


We feel that every patient should be clinically assessed, and a decision regarding the fluid rate should be made by an appropriate staff member before commencing treatments.


SmartFlow will offer a calculated Maintenance rate based upon the weight of the patient, but we leave the final decision to the clinician. 


We provide the option to quickly set a fluid rate using the multiples of maintenance toggles. There is also a surgery rate toggle based on 5 ml/kg/hr.



You can also set a custom Maintenance rate or Hourly fluid rate for a patient.


To change the fluid rate, please open the parameter, select the required value, and click DONE.


For more information on how we calculate our fluid rates, please see this document: How do we calculate the fluid rate?


We hope you found this information useful!