Fluid balance in critically ill patients should we really rely on it?

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 802-811

  Perren, A ^a   Markmann, M ^a   Merlani, G ^b   Marone, C ^a   Merlani, P ^c  

^a Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona e Valli   (Switzerland)

^b Ufficio del Medico Cantonale   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body weight changes; Intensive Care Units; Water electrolyte balance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FEVER; FLUID BALANCE; HUMAN; LIQUID FECES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGED; BODY WEIGHT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 79960946112     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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