Search Tag: intravenous fluid therapy

ICU Management

Volume-18-issue-1-2018-1

2018 16 Mar

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ICU Management

Out-with-the-saline

2018 16 Mar

Reduced use linked to better outcomes Two companion studies have shown that use of saline as intravenous fluid therapy, compared to crystalloids, was associated with poor survival and increased risk of kidney complications. Matthew Semler, MD, MSc, assistant professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, told ICU Management...Read more

ICU Management

Out-with-the-saline-reduced-use-linked-to-better-outcomes

2018 28 Feb

Two companion studies have shown that use of saline as intravenous fluid therapy, in comparison to crystalloids, was associated with poor survival and increased risk of kidney complications. "Our results suggest that using primarily balanced fluids should prevent death or severe kidney dysfunction for tens of thousands of patients across the country...Read more