Colin K Grissom, Eliotte L Hirshberg, Justin B Dickerson, Samuel M Brown, Michael J Lanspa, Kathleen D Liu, David Schoenfeld, Mark Tidswell, R Duncan Hite, Peter Rock, Russell R Miller, Alan H Morris
OBJECTIVES: In the Fluid and Catheter Treatment Trial (FACTT) of the National Institutes of Health Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network, a conservative fluid protocol (FACTT Conservative) resulted in a lower cumulative fluid balance and better outcomes than a liberal fluid protocol (FACTT Liberal). Subsequent Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network studies used a simplified conservative fluid protocol (FACTT Lite). The objective of this study was to compare the performance of FACTT Lite, FACTT Conservative, and FACTT Liberal protocols...
February 2015: Critical Care Medicine