WHO guidelines on fluid resuscitation in children: missing the FEAST data

The 2013 World Health Organization guidelines continue to recommend rapid fluid resuscitation for children with shock despite evidence that this can be harmful. Sarah Kiguli and colleagues call for WHO to think again

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Published inBMJ (Online) Vol. 348; no. jan14 3; p. f7003
Main Authors Kiguli, Sarah, Akech, Samuel O, Mtove, George, Opoka, Robert O, Engoru, Charles, Olupot-Olupot, Peter, Nyeko, Richard, Evans, Jennifer, Crawley, Jane, Prevatt, Natalie, Reyburn, Hugh, Levin, Michael, George, Elizabeth C, South, Annabelle, Babiker, Abdel G, Gibb, Diana M, Maitland, Kathryn
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England British Medical Journal Publishing Group 14.01.2014
BMJ Publishing Group LTD
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ANALYSIS
Anemia
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Clinical trials
Confidence intervals
Consciousness
CPR
Critical care
Dengue fever
Fever
Fluid Therapy - methods
Fluids
Humans
Malaria
Malnutrition
Mortality
Pediatrics
Practice Guidelines as Topic - standards
Sepsis
Shock, Septic - therapy
Systematic review
Tropical diseases
World Health Organization
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Summary:The 2013 World Health Organization guidelines continue to recommend rapid fluid resuscitation for children with shock despite evidence that this can be harmful. Sarah Kiguli and colleagues call for WHO to think again
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The 2013 World Health Organization guidelines continue to recommend rapid fluid resuscitation for children with shock despite evidence that this can be harmful. Sarah Kiguli and colleagues call for WHO to think again
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.f7003