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Use of Physician-Estimated and Patient Self-Reported Weights to Guide Initial Fluid Resuscitation in Emergency Department Patients With Suspected Sepsis

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0 Published in 2020 at "Journal of Intensive Care Medicine"

DOI: 10.1177/0885066620917902

Abstract: Background: Knowledge of patient weight is required to guide initial intravenous fluid therapy for patients with sepsis-associated hypotension or elevated lactate. Previous studies have shown patients are better estimators of their weight than medical providers… read more here.

Keywords: physician estimated; reported weights; patient self; self reported ... See more keywords