Lung Ultrasound Guided Fluid Management Protocol for the Critically Ill Patient: study protocol for a multi-centre randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In routine intensive care unit (ICU) practice, fluids are often administered without a safety limit, which may lead to fluid overload and decreased survival. Recently, B-lines score (BLS) has been validated as a lung ultrasound (LUS) quantification of pulmonary congestion. This suggests that LUS may provide a safety threshold to conduct fluid therapy and to avoid overhydration. However, there is no randomized study to test the utility of LUS in guiding fluid management in ICU patients by using a pre-specified BLS cut-off value as a threshold for fluid removal.

Methods

LUS Guided Fluid Management Protocol for the Critically Ill Patient is a prospective, multi-centre, randomized controlled trial. Five hundred ICU patients will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio, to

SUBMITTER: Rusu DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6482502 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature