What is Water?
Water is a vital chemical substance to all life on Earth, required by humans at a volume of around 2 litres per day. During illness many factors may lead to dehydration including medications, reduced intake, difficulty swallowing so supplemental intake of water may be an essential intervention.
Reasons used & Efficacy
| Reasons used | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| General health | 125 |
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10 | ||
| Other | 25 |
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3 | |||
| dehydration | 24 |
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| Bladder problems | 23 |
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3 | ||||
| Fatigue | 20 |
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3 | ||
| Bowel problems | 14 |
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1 |
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Side Effects
Schedules
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently using Water. See all 36 dosages ►
| 1 L all the time (24/7) | 1 other all the time (24/7) | 1other as needed | 8 other all the time (24/7) | all the time (24/7) | daily | 2 hr weekly | 1 L daily | 1 other daily | 1.5 L daily | 1.5 liter daily | 1.89 L daily | 2 L daily | 3 L daily | 4 L daily | 4 other daily | 5 L daily | 6 L daily | 6 other daily | 7 L daily | 8 L daily | 8 other daily | 9 L daily | 10 L daily | 15 L daily | 16 L daily | 50 L daily | 64 daily | 100 L daily | 100 mmol/L daily | 120 L daily | 200 L daily | 240 L daily | 1800 mL daily | 2000 mL daily | 2100 L daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 50% |
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Not indicated
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1 | 50% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
Patient Evaluations
See all 16 patient evaluations
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- jmscout
- Sex: F
- Sensation: None
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: none
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- jmscout
- 3 L daily
- since Sep 17, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- asdf1179
- Sex: M
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: None
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: mild
- Speech: none
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: mild
- See profile
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- asdf1179
- 2 L daily
- since Jan 10, 2009
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Efficacy
Moderate
for General health
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
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- AnnieOakley
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: mild
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: mild
- See profile
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- AnnieOakley
- 2 L daily
- since Jan 25, 2009
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Efficacy
Slight
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
None
- See full evaluation
See all 16 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.