The central venous pressure (CVP) is frequently used to guide fluid management. Indeed, two surveys of European intensivists/anesthesiologists reported that over 90% ...
Fluid replacement therapy (intravenous infusion of fluid) attempts to reverse the effects of hypovolaemia by increasing circulatory blood volume and blood pressure back towards normal, in order to ...
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 ...
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 ...