Felipe Muñoz, Pablo Born, Mario Bruna, Rodrigo Ulloa, Cecilia González, Valerie Philp, Roberto Mondaca, Juan Pablo Blanco, Emilio Daniel Valenzuela, Jaime Retamal, Francisco Miralles, Pedro D Wendel-Garcia, Gustavo A Ospina-Tascón, Ricardo Castro, Philippe Rola, Jan Bakker, Glenn Hernández, Eduardo Kattan
BACKGROUND: Current recommendations support guiding fluid resuscitation through the assessment of fluid responsiveness. Recently, the concept of fluid tolerance and the prevention of venous congestion (VC) have emerged as relevant aspects to be considered to avoid potentially deleterious side effects of fluid resuscitation. However, there is paucity of data on the relationship of fluid responsiveness and VC. This study aims to compare the prevalence of venous congestion in fluid responsive and fluid unresponsive critically ill patients after intensive care (ICU) admission...
February 19, 2024: Critical Care: the Official Journal of the Critical Care Forum