About this trial
The goal of this international inception cohort study is to describe fluid administration during admittance to the intensive care unit (ICU), and provide contemporary epidemiological data on fluid accumulation, risk factors, management and outcome in critically ill adult patients.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Acute admission to the ICU during the 14-day inception period.
Adults (≥ 18 years).
Disqualifiers
Patients previously included in the FLUID-ICU study.
Patients with major burns (≥ 10% of body surface)
Trial population
Adult patients admitted to the participating ICUs during the 14-inception period.
Trial design
Cohort
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
The number of patients with fluid accumulation.
The presence of fluid accumulation is defined as the best clinical estimate made by the study investigators, using medical records and the treating team's clinical assessment, and one or more of the following parameters: Cumulative fluid balance, daily fluid balance, changes in body weight, and/or clinical signs of fluid accumulation (e.g. peripheral oedema, pulmonary oedema, congestion on chest X-ray or lung ultrasound).
Secondary outcomes
Number of patients with fluid accumulation upon ICU admission (baseline).
Defined as the number of patients with fluid accumulation upon ICU admission or equal to the time of ICU assessed by study investigators using cumulative fluid balance, daily fluid balance, changes in body weight and clinical signs of fluid accumulation.
Number of patients developing fluid accumulation during the ICU stay.
Defined as the number of patients developing fluid accumulation during ICU stay (one or more episodes) but no pre-existing fluid accumulation upon ICU admission (baseline form).
Number of days with fluid accumulation during the ICU stay.
Defined as the median number of days with fluid accumulation in patient with fluid accumulation at baseline and/or during ICU stay at day 28 after ICU admission.
Number of patients being treated with 'active fluid removal' (use of diuretics, or renal replacement therapy).
Defined as patients that receive treatment with any type of diuretics or renal replacement therapy.
Other outcomes
The volume (mL) of fluid administered day 1-7 and after 28 days in the following categories: Resuscitation fluid, maintenance-replacement fluid, fluid creep, nutrition, blood products.
Definition: the median volume of all fluid in millilitres (mL) administered during ICU admission categorized by indication (resuscitation, maintenance-replacement, fluid creep, nutrition, blood products) reported on day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 28 days after ICU admission.
Fluid balance (mL) during ICU stay on day 1-7 and 28 days after ICU admission
Definition: The sum of all daily fluid inputs minus all daily fluid outputs reported on day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 28 days after ICU admission in mL (median).
Cumulative fluid balance (mL) day 1-7 and 28 days after ICU admission
Definition: Cumulative fluid balance will be calculated as the sum of all fluid input minus all fluid output reported on day 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 28 days after ICU admission in mL (median).
Sponsors and contacts
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Nordsjaellands Hospital
Lead sponsor
University of Copenhagen
Collaborator
Rigshospitalet, Denmark
Collaborator