SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Mortality rates are reduced when patients with severe sepsis and septic shock are provided fluid resuscitation within 3 hours of onset, according to research presented here at ...

Controversy regarding the use of salt-containing solutions in surgery and trauma has continued for most of the 20th century. In 1911, Evans wrote: The therapeutic value of a physiologic saline ...

Background: Goal-directed therapy guidelines for pediatric septic shock resuscitation recommend fluid delivery at speeds in excess of that possible through use of regular fluid infusion pumps. In our ...

Daniel O’Neill, BSc, GIBiol, PGDip, RN, is staff nurse, A&E, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey Donna Perrin, RGN, is practice development sister, A&E, Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey Fluid resuscitation is ...

Identify the care burn patients require, and the complications of inadequate fluid resuscitation Recognise signs and symptoms of burn encephalopathy in infants, children and adolescents The most ...

The case description below highlights issues raised in an upcoming Critical Care Medicine article. A 77-year old man is in the ICU with septic shock and is on mechanical ventilation. Despite ...

Use of lactated Ringer solution for fluid resuscitation among patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and vaso-occlusive episodes was associated with a small -- but significant -- improvement in ...

Fluid resuscitation is a fundamental intervention in the treatment of critically ill patients. However, there is little conclusive evidence to guide clinicians about the best type of resuscitation ...

"Our results provide some evidence that these patients can be safely volume resuscitated with 30 mL/kg of intravenous fluid when indicated without increased risk of causing adverse events when ...

As mentioned in Chapter 1, the battlefield of the 21st century will likely differ from that of the past in scale and pace. The U.S. military expects that future battles will be fought by smaller ...