Published in:
01-04-2014 | Understanding the Disease
Understanding hypovolaemia
Authors:
Anders Perner, Daniel De Backer
Published in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Issue 4/2014
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Excerpt
Hypovolaemia is frequent in patients with shock, and fluid is therefore a mainstay intervention in the resuscitation of these patients [
1]. On the other hand, fluid volumes in excess also have negative consequences including prolonged mechanical ventilation [
2] and association with increased mortality [
3]. Providing adequate fluid therapy without overdosing will likely improve the outcome of a huge number of patients. To do this, the assessment of hypovolaemia is essential. …