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SUBMITTER: Rusu DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8394150 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rusu Daniel-Mihai DM Grigoraș Ioana I Blaj Mihaela M Siriopol Ianis I Ciumanghel Adi-Ionut AI Sandu Gigel G Onofriescu Mihai M Lungu Olguta O Covic Adrian Constantin AC
Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) 20210810 8
The value of lung ultrasound (LU) in assessing extravascular lung water (EVLW) was demonstrated by comparing LU with gold-standard methods for EVLW assessment. However, few studies have analysed the value of B-Line score (BLS) in guiding fluid management during critical illness. The purpose of this trial was to evaluate if a BLS-guided fluid management strategy could improve fluid balance and short-term mortality in surgical intensive care unit (ICU) patients. We conducted a randomised, controll ...[more]