Expert consensus: A flawed process for producing guidelines for the management of fluid therapy in the critically ill

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 735-737

  Finfer, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONSENSUS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALPRACTICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESUSCITATION; SHOCK; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIALYSIS; STANDARDS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIALYSIS; FLUID THERAPY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 84911104757     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu141     Document Type: Editorial

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