The use of kidney support therapy (KST) for use in managing patients with acute kidney
injury (AKI) has expanded greatly in the last several decades. The growing use of KST …

Background Large volumes of non-resuscitation fluids are often administered to critically ill
children. We hypothesize that excess maintenance fluid is a significant contributor to non …

Objectives: Fluid overload is common in the PICU and has been associated with increased
morbidity and mortality. It remains unclear whether fluid overload is a surrogate marker for …

OBJECTIVE: Injury and surgery both represent well-defined starting points of a predictable
inflammatory response, but the consequent response to IV fluids has not been studied. We …

Objectives: To report the feasibility of a fluid management practice bundle and describe the
pre-vs. post-implementation prevalence and odds of cumulative fluid balance greater than …

Background Fluid overload and acute kidney injury are common and associated with poor
outcomes among critically ill children. The prodrome of renal angina stratifies patients by risk …

OBJECTIVES: Postoperative patients after congenital cardiac surgery are at high risk of fluid
overload (FO), which is known to be associated with poor outcomes.“Fluid creep,” or …

Objective: Pediatric traumatic brain injury is a major public health problem in the United
States. Hypertonic saline therapy is a well-established treatment in patients with severe …

Fluid overload, defined as a state of pathologic fluid excess or positive fluid balance, is
increasingly recognized as a deleterious state in critically ill infants and children. Fluid …

Children on prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) face a different set of complications
compared to those on short-term mechanical ventilation (MV). Prolonged hospitalization and …