SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Mortality rates are reduced when patients with severe sepsis and septic shock are provided fluid resuscitation within 3 hours of onset, according to research presented here at ...

Adults hospitalized with sepsis who received timely antibiotics delivery and fluid resuscitation showed higher discharge rates to the home, according to a March study published in Chest. The study ...

Findings offer "reassurance" that "isotonic fluids of any kind are totally fine," expert s ...

"Our results provide some evidence that these patients can be safely volume resuscitated with 30 mL/kg of intravenous fluid when indicated without increased risk of causing adverse events when ...

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 ...

Additional analyses of an African study called Fluid Expansion as Supportive Therapy (FEAST) (N Engl J Med. 2011;364:2483-2495) point to an increased risk for death from cardiovascular collapse in ...

Use of lactated Ringer solution for fluid resuscitation among patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) and vaso-occlusive episodes was associated with a small -- but significant -- improvement in ...

This basic science and translational research program is focused on elucidating the cause-and-effect mechanisms of endotheliopathy that drive organ dysfunction and coagulation abnormalities in the ...

Fluid resuscitation is a fundamental intervention in the treatment of critically ill patients. However, there is little conclusive evidence to guide clinicians about the best type of resuscitation ...

Historically, one fifth of all injured combatants die in battle. Although this number has varied significantly depending on the specific campaign, 20 percent has been the mean mortality rate among ...