Publications by authors named "Rubens Sergio da Silva Franco"
Resuscitation fluid practices in Brazilian intensive care units: a secondary analysis of Fluid-TRIPS.
Flavio Geraldo Rezende de Freitas Naomi Hammond Yang Li Luciano Cesar Pontes de Azevedo Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti Bruno Franco Mazza Rubens Sergio da Silva Franco
Rev Bras Ter Intensiva
November 2021
Article Synopsis
- The study examined fluid resuscitation practices in Brazilian intensive care units and compared them to those in 27 other countries as part of the Fluid-TRIPS project.
- On the study day, a significantly lower percentage of patients in Brazil (16.1%) received fluids compared to patients in other countries (26.8%), with a higher emphasis on crystalloids, particularly sodium chloride (0.9%).
- Factors influencing fluid choice included patient serum albumin levels and the type of healthcare provider prescribing the fluids.
Background And Objectives: Anemia of critical illness is a multifactorial condition caused by blood loss, frequent phlebotomies and inadequate production of red blood cells (RBC). Controversy surrounds the most appropriate hemoglobin concentration "trigger" for transfusion of RBC. We aimed to evaluate transfusion practices in Brazilian ICUs.
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