CUMULATIVE FLUID BALANCE AS A MAJOR PREDICTOR OF CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS ADMITTED TO SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Abstracted data of patients admitted to surgical intensive care included body mass index, Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation (APACHE)-II scores, fluid balance during first 5 days of ICU stay, length of ICU stay and in hospital mortality. No such study has been done in this region. [...]the aim of this retrospective study was to find out the impact of fluid balance on outcome of critically ill surgical patients and find any association between the use of colloids and complications like acute kidney injury (AKI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Patients discharged/died, or do-not-resuscitate orders within 48 hours of admission, repeat operation during the 5-day study period, NYHA class IV heart failure or ejection fraction on echocardiography