Mortality after Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection

Maitland, Kathryn; Kiguli, Sarah; O. Opoka, Robert; Engoru, Charles; Olupot‐Olupot, Peter; Akech, Samuel; Nyeko, Richard; Mtove, George; Reyburn, Hugh; Lang, Trudie; Brent, Bernadette; A. Evans, Jennifer; Tibenderana, James; Crawley, Jane; C. Russell, E.; Levin, Michael; G. Babiker, Abdel; M. Gibb, Diana

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1101549

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Mortality after Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • May 26, 2011

Authors:

Kathryn Maitland

Sarah Kiguli

Robert O. Opoka

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The role of fluid resuscitation in the treatment of children with shock and life-threatening infections who live in resource-limited settings is not established. METHODS: We randomly assigned children with severe febrile illness and impaired perfusion to receive boluses of 20 to 40 ml of...

Subject

Medicine

Bolus (digestion)

Saline

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