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Fluid Management With a Simplified Conservative Protocol for the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome*

Grissom, Colin K. MD, FCCM1,2; Hirshberg, Eliotte L. MD, MS1,2,3; Dickerson, Justin B. PhD, MBA, PStat1,4; Brown, Samuel M. MD, MS1,2; Lanspa, Michael J. MD, MS1,2; Liu, Kathleen D. MD5,6; Schoenfeld, David PhD7; Tidswell, Mark MD8; Hite, R. Duncan MD9; Rock, Peter MD, MBA, FCCM10; Miller, Russell R. III MD, MPH1,2; Morris, Alan H. MD1,2 for the National Institutes of HealthNational Heart Lung and Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network

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Critical Care Medicine 43(2):p 288-295, February 2015. | DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000715

Abstract

Objectives: 

In the Fluid and Catheter Treatment Trial (FACTT) of the National Institutes of Health Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network, a conservative fluid protocol (FACTT Conservative) resulted in a lower cumulative fluid balance and better outcomes than a liberal fluid protocol (FACTT Liberal). Subsequent Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network studies used a simplified conservative fluid protocol (FACTT Lite). The objective of this study was to compare the performance of FACTT Lite, FACTT Conservative, and FACTT Liberal protocols.

Design: 

Retrospective comparison of FACTT Lite, FACTT Conservative, and FACTT Liberal. Primary outcome was cumulative fluid balance over 7 days. Secondary outcomes were 60-day adjusted mortality and ventilator-free days through day 28. Safety outcomes were prevalence of acute kidney injury and new shock.

Setting: 

ICUs of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network participating hospitals.

Patients: 

Five hundred three subjects managed with FACTT Conservative, 497 subjects managed with FACTT Liberal, and 1,124 subjects managed with FACTT Lite.

Interventions: 

Fluid management by protocol.

Measurements and Main Results: 

Cumulative fluid balance was 1,918 ± 323 mL in FACTT Lite, –136 ± 491 mL in FACTT Conservative, and 6,992 ± 502 mL in FACTT Liberal (p < 0.001). Mortality was not different between groups (24% in FACTT Lite, 25% in FACTT Conservative and Liberal, p = 0.84). Ventilator-free days in FACTT Lite (14.9 ± 0.3) were equivalent to FACTT Conservative (14.6 ± 0.5) (p = 0.61) and greater than in FACTT Liberal (12.1 ± 0.5, p < 0.001 vs Lite). Acute kidney injury prevalence was 58% in FACTT Lite and 57% in FACTT Conservative (p = 0.72). Prevalence of new shock in FACTT Lite (9%) was lower than in FACTT Conservative (13%) (p = 0.007 vs Lite) and similar to FACTT Liberal (11%) (p = 0.18 vs Lite).

Conclusions: 

FACTT Lite had a greater cumulative fluid balance than FACTT Conservative but had equivalent clinical and safety outcomes. FACTT Lite is an alternative to FACTT Conservative for fluid management in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.

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