A Rational Approach to Fluid Therapy in Sepsis

(Abstracted from Br J Anaesth, 116:339–349, 2016) The current standard of care for managing patients with severe sepsis and septic shock is aggressive fluid resuscitation, until a central venous pressure of greater than 8 mm Hg is achieved. The rationale behind this approach is to increase a patient’s stroke volume, which in turn improves cardiac output and organ perfusion.
Source: Survey of Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Critical Care Source Type: research