Whole life insurance has a definite period during which premiums are paid. This will be specified in the policy. When first purchased, in addition to the amount of insurance selected, the purchaser selects the period of time that premiums will be paid.
No single rate of administration or composition of maintenance intravenous fluids is appropriate in all circumstances. Thus, intravenous fluids may be viewed as medications that require careful dose adjustment that is specific to the disease state of each patient.
Maintainance is the basic rate which a patient requires during a 24 hour period. It is commonly calculated as 50ml/kg/24hr, or 2ml/kg/hr. Ongoing losses are calculated based on a predicted fluid amount lost by a patient within a 24 hour period. Common losses include vomitting and diarrhoea. It is often helpful here if the owners are able to give a detailed history as this makes it easier to predict the pattern of losses.