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Fluid Therapy: Present Controversies

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Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2000

Part of the book series: Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine ((YEARBOOK,volume 2000))

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Critical illness is often associated with major disturbances of the fluid homeostasis of the body. Therefore, it seems essential that the fluid therapy and plasma volume support of the critically ill patient is in accordance with evidence-based, generally accepted recommendations. However, a debate on the optimal fluid regimens for critically ill patients has been going on for decades and is still as intense as ever before. Not only have the old crystalloid versus colloid discussions been reactivated [1–5] but also the choice of colloid, the use of albumin in particular, is a matter of considerable controversy [6–11]. The ongoing debate is somewhat confusing and there are presently no generally accepted intensive care unit (ICU) strategies or guidelines for fluid therapy of critically ill patients.

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  1. Erasme Hospital, Free University of Brussels, Route de Lennik 808, B-1070, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Louis Vincent (Head Department of Intensive Care) (Head Department of Intensive Care)

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Haljamäe, H., Lindgren, S. (2000). Fluid Therapy: Present Controversies. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2000. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 2000. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13455-9_37

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