Choice of resuscitative fluids and mortality in emergency department patients with sepsis

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 625 - 629
• Main Authors: Sethi, Monica, Owyang, Clark G., Meyers, Chad, Parekh, Ram, Shah, Kaushal H., Manini, Alex F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2018; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acidosis; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiovascular disease; Chloride; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Clinical trials; Computational fluid dynamics; Coronary vessels; Data collection; Diabetes; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Fluids; Hypertension; Kidney diseases; Lactic acid; Metabolic acidosis; Mortality; Multivariable control; Patients; Resuscitation; Sepsis; Standard deviation; Teaching hospitals; Variables; Sepsis; Fluids; Mortality; Resuscitation

Balanced resuscitative fluids (BF) have been associated with decreased incidence of hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis in sepsis. We hypothesized that higher proportions of BF during resuscitation would thus be associated with improved mortality in Emergency Department (ED) patients with sepsis. This...