Search Tag: Fluid therapy
2024 23 Sep
Optimal fluid management in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) poses significant challenges. A positive fluid balance is linked to extended mechanical ventilation, longer ICU stays, and increased mortality due to increased pulmonary capillary pressure, which exacerbates inflammation and causes alveolar flooding. On the other hand,...Read more
2020 03 Apr
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is causing rapidly spreading illness, and COVID-19 has now affected thousands of people around the world. Clinicians are in urgent need of guidance to deal with this crisis. A panel of 36 experts from 12 countries proposed 53 questions, reviewed literature for direct and indirect...Read more
2019 04 Oct
In an interesting session at #LIVES2019, Dr. Niels Van Regenmortel from Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium, presented findings from the TOPMAST trial. The TOPMAST study was conducted to determine the effects of sodium content of maintenance fluid therapy on cumulative fluid balance and electrolyte disorders. Dr. Van Regenmortel started off his...Read more
2017 11 Apr
While fluid responsiveness is directly relevant to emergency care, a systematic review has found very little evidence (489 patients in total) on which to base best practice. High quality, adequately powered outcome studies are still lacking, so the place of fluid responsiveness in the emergency department (ED) remains undefined, according to the review...Read more