Estimation of fluid status changes in critically ill patients: Fluid balance chart or electronic bed weight?

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 745.e7-745.e12

  Schneider, Antoine G ^a,b   Baldwin, Ian ^a   Freitag, Elke ^a   Glassford, Neil ^a   Bellomo, Rinaldo ^a,b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body weight; Fluid balance; Intensive care unit; Water electrolyte balance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BED; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ELECTRONIC BED WEIGHT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID BALANCE CHART; HILL ROM AVANT GUARD 1600; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; THERMOREGULATION; TOTAL CARE BED;

EID: 84870653589     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.12.017     Document Type: Article

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