Search Tag: Fluid overload
#LIVES2019: Findings from the TOPMAST Study
2019 04 Oct
In an interesting session at #LIVES2019, Dr. Niels Van Regenmortel from Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium, presented findings from the TOPMAST trial. The TOPMAST study was conducted to determine the effects of sodium content of maintenance fluid therapy on cumulative fluid balance and electrolyte disorders. Dr. Van Regenmortel started off his... Read more
"Fluid overload" - a poorly-defined term that should be avoided
2018 19 Sep
Clinicians examining an oedematous patient are wont to say that the patient has “fluid overload” or “hypervolemia” or both and propose fluid restriction and/or diuretics as the logical strategy, when often during the acute phases of resuscitation from circulatory shock this approach may be inappropriate, says an editorial published in the journal... Read more