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Principles of fluid management and stewardship in septic shock: it is time to consider the four D’s and the four phases of fluid therapy

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Malbrain, Manu L. N.G., Van Regenmortel, Niels, Saugel, Bernd, De Tavernier, Brecht, Van Gaal, Pieter-Jan, Joannes-Boyau, Olivier, Teboul, Jean-Louis, Rice, Todd W. +2 more·2018·Annals of Intensive Care

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In patients with septic shock, the administration of fluids during initial hemodynamic resuscitation remains a major therapeutic challenge. We are faced with many open questions regarding the type, dose and timing of intravenous fluid administration. There are only four major indications for intravenous fluid administration: aside from resuscitation, intravenous fluids have many other uses including maintenance and replacement of total body water and electrolytes, as carriers for medications and for parenteral nutrition. In this paradigm-shifting review, we discuss different fluid management strategies including early adequate goal-directed fluid management, late conservative fluid management and late goal-directed fluid removal. In addition, we expand on the concept of the "four D's" of fluid therapy, namely drug, dosing, duration and de-escalation. During the treatment of patients with septic shock, four phases of fluid therapy should be considered in order to provide answers to four basic questions. These four phases are the resuscitation phase, the optimization phase, the stabilization phase and the evacuation phase. The four questions are "When to start intravenous fluids?", "When to stop intravenous fluids?", "When to start de-resuscitation or active fluid removal?" and finally "When to stop de-resuscitation?" In analogy to the way we handle antibiotics in critically ill patients, it is time for fluid stewardship.

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  • Poor or incomplete source control may additionally lead to a state of ongoing capillary leak and fluid accumulation, referred to as GIPS (global increased permeability syndrome).

    “Poor or incomplete source control may additionally lead to a state of ongoing capillary leak and fluid accumulation, referred to as GIPS (global increased permeability syndrome) [8].”

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Malbrain, M. L. N. G., Van Regenmortel, N., Saugel, B., De Tavernier, B., Van Gaal, P.-J., Joannes-Boyau, O., Teboul, J.-L., Rice, T. W., Mythen, M., & Monnet, X.
Affiliations
  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
  • University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
  • Université Paris-Sud (FR)
  • University College London (GB)
  • Vanderbilt University (US)
Corresponding author
Malbrain, Manu L. N.G.
Venue
Annals of Intensive Care
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
66
ISSN
2110-5820 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2807356795
Cited by
632
References
105
Citations by year
2026: 84 · 2025: 92 · 2024: 76 · 2023: 96 · 2022: 70 · 2021: 84 · 2020: 76 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 13
FWCI
7.68
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Abdominal Surgery and Complications
Keywords
septic shock, fluid management, goal-directed fluid therapy, fluid resuscitation, intravenous fluid therapy, fluid removal

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