European Society of Intensive Care Medicine clinical practice guideline on fluid therapy in adult critically ill patients. Part 1: the choice of resuscitation fluids
Methodological detailsGRADE methodology, international expert panel
- GRADE methodology
- International expert panel
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
- Conditional; moderate certainty of evidence
Crystalloids rather than albumin in critically ill patients in general
- Conditional; moderate certainty of evidence
Crystalloids rather than albumin in sepsis
- Conditional; very low certainty of evidence
Crystalloids rather than albumin in acute respiratory failure
- Conditional; very low certainty of evidence
Crystalloids rather than albumin in the perioperative period and in patients at risk for bleeding
- Conditional; very low certainty of evidence
Isotonic saline rather than albumin in TBI
- Conditional; very low certainty of evidence
Albumin rather than crystalloids in cirrhosis
- Conditional; low certainty of evidence
Balanced crystalloids rather than isotonic saline in critically ill patients in general
- Conditional; low certainty of evidence
Balanced crystalloids rather than isotonic saline in sepsis
- Conditional; very low certainty of evidence
Balanced crystalloids rather than isotonic saline in kidney injury
- Conditional; very low certainty of evidence
Isotonic saline rather than balanced crystalloids in TBI
- Conditional; very low certainty of evidence
Isotonic crystalloids rather than small-volume hypertonic crystalloids in critically ill patients in general
Original publication
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