Fluid management decisions should not be guided by fixed central venous pressure targets

Am J Emerg Med. 2015 Sep;33(9):1311. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.05.015. Epub 2015 May 22.

Authors

Kees H Polderman¹, Joseph Varon², Paul E Marik³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15261. Electronic address: PoldermanKH@upmc.edu.
² The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030; The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX 77555.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23507.

PMID: 26072258
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.05.015

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
Sepsis / mortality*
Shock, Septic / mortality*
Water-Electrolyte Balance*