SCCM Pod-368 Achieving Fluid Balance

Kyle Enfield, MD, speaks with Colin K. Grissom, MD, FCCM, and Matthew W. Semler, MD, about fluid management in the critically ill. Dr. Grissom presented his talk, entitled “Achieving Fluid Balance,” at the 47th Critical Care Congress in San Antonio, Texas. During this session he discussed the study by Semler et al. entitled “Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults,” published in the March 2018 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Grissom and Dr. Semler discuss the history of fluid management in the critically ill and how recent study findings are shaping future care. Dr. Grissom works as an attending physician at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Semler works as an attending physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Released: 8/9/18

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