The consequences of fluid administration and the maintenance of fluid balance, despite their ubiquity in critical care, remain a topic of much debate among clinicians. Emerging evidence suggests that ...

The clinical determination of the intravascular volume can be extremely difficult in critically ill and injured patients as well as those undergoing major surgery. This is problematic as fluid loading ...

Intravenous fluids are widely administered to patients who have, or are at risk of, acute kidney injury (AKI). However, deleterious consequences of overzealous fluid therapy are increasingly being ...

Flushing a vein with a liter of saline is standard protocol in clinics and hospitals. To receive fluids intravenously is an ubiquitous therapeutic, a common tool to alleviate many conditions, so ...

Intravenous (IV) fluid therapy isn’t a cure-all for hangovers. It may help relieve certain symptoms, like those linked to dehydration, but it doesn’t address all possible underlying factors that can ...

Many adult hospital inpatients need intravenous (IV) fluid therapy to prevent or correct problems with their fluid and/or electrolyte status. Deciding on the optimal amount and composition of IV ...

THE comments on parenteral fluid therapy that follow are based on the fact that there are limits to the body's capacity to conserve and to eliminate, in accordance with homeostatic needs, water and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Sepsis was a major contributor to AKI. Fluid management serves as the main indicator of continuous kidney ...

We selected a randomised controlled trial by the ARISE Investigators and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group (2014) for a full commentary because the results of this study support the original decision ...