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  • Critical care medicine
  • Nephrology
  • Intensive care unit (ICU) management

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  • Fluid overload is a frequent complication in critically ill patients.
  • It is linked to increased hospital costs, patient morbidity, and mortality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review recent evidence on outcomes of fluid overload in critically ill patients.
  • To outline fluid management strategies for preventing fluid overload during shock resuscitation.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of recent evidence.
  • Analysis of fluid management strategies in shock resuscitation.

Main Results:

  • Fluid overload commonly occurs during fluid resuscitation.
  • It significantly increases hospital costs, morbidity, and mortality.

Conclusions:

  • Fluid management objectives vary across resuscitation, optimization, stabilization, and evacuation phases.
  • Preventing fluid overload requires strategies to limit fluid intake and promote fluid removal.