SMART Trial - Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults 

N Engl J Med 2018; 378:829-839 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10

Conclusion: Among critically ill adults, the use of balanced crystalloids for intravenous fluid administration resulted in a lower rate of the composite outcome of death from any cause, new renal-replacement therapy, or persistent renal dysfunction than the use of saline.

- Visual Abstract by Dr. Jonny Wilkinson @Wilkinsonjonny 

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Dr Jonny Wilkinson @jonnywilkinson · 6 years ago
ICU / Anaesthesia Consultant, Northampton UK. Founder of www.criticalcarenorthampton.com. POCUS obsessed! Ed in Chief Oxford Specialist Handbook of Thoracic Anaesthesia. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Wilkinsonjonny
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