Hemodynamics, fluids & transfusion

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline on fluid therapy in adult critically ill patients: Part 3—fluid removal at de-escalation phase

Intensive Care MedPublished Clinical practice guideline

Methodological detailsGRADE methodology
  • GRADE methodology

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. conditional; low certainty evidence

    Suggest de-escalation of fluid therapy over no de-escalation in critically ill adults after the acute phase of fluid resuscitation

  2. conditional; moderate certainty evidence

    Suggest protocolized fluid removal by diuretics over usual care in critically ill patients after the acute phase of fluid resuscitation

  3. conditional; low certainty evidence

    Against routine use of ultrafiltration or extracorporeal fluid removal in critically ill adults after the acute phase of fluid resuscitation, without other indication for RRT

Original publication

European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline on fluid therapy in adult critically ill patients: Part 3—fluid removal at de-escalation phase. Intensive Care Med. Published 19 August 2025. doi:10.1007/s00134-025-08058-x

Composed by AI from the published abstract and checked against it. How Briefs are made →

Get them every week

New studies on this topic in My Week and in your Monday e-mail.

We e-mail you a sign-in link and a code. No password, no spam.