Adam Rossiter, James Anthony Hilton, S Fizza Haider, Syed M T Nasser, Naomi Boyer, Cath Cooper, Charlene Davis, Debbie Marshall, Emma Skelding, Jennifer Pike, Laura Jarratt, Laura Wood, Lucy Knight, Sophie Holmes, Tamsin Cowman, Elaine Shepley, Natalie Dubravac, Wendy Gray, Caz Munday, Ben Creagh-Brown, Lui Forni
INTRODUCTION: Early recognition and prompt, appropriate management may reduce mortality in patients with sepsis. The Surviving Sepsis Campaign's guidelines suggest the use of dynamic measurements to guide fluid resuscitation in sepsis; although these methods are rarely employed to monitor cardiac output in response to fluid administration outside intensive care units. This service evaluation investigated the introduction of a nurse led protocolised goal-directed fluid management using a non-invasive cardiac output monitor to the standard assessment of hypotensive ward patients...
April 22, 2024: Intensive & Critical Care Nursing: the Official Journal of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses