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Background It is unknown whether a conservative approach to fluid administration or
deresuscitation (active removal of fluid using diuretics or renal replacement therapy) is …

The Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and Intensive Care Society Guideline Development
Group have used GRADE methodology to make the following recommendations for the …

Background Multi-organ dysfunction in critical illness is common and frequently involves the
lungs and kidneys, often requiring organ support such as invasive mechanical ventilation …

Objective To provide an update to “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management
of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2012”. Design A consensus committee of 55 international …

Background The joint committee of the Japanese Society of Intensive Care
Medicine/Japanese Respiratory Society/Japanese Society of Respiratory Care Medicine on …

Background: Sepsis is associated with generalised endothelial injury and capillary leak and
has traditionally been treated with large volume fluid resuscitation. Some patients with …

The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common cause of respiratory failure in
critically ill patients and is defined by the acute onset of noncardiogenic pulmonary oedema …

Objective: To provide an update to the “Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for
Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock,” last published in 2008. Design: A …

IV fluid therapy does not result in the extracellular volume distribution expected from
Starling's original model of semi-permeable capillaries subject to hydrostatic and oncotic …