Search Tag: haemodynamic

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

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