Indications and physiological effects of fluid bolus therapy in emergency department patients

Indications and physiological effects of fluid bolus therapy in emergency department patients.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12615001150538

Enrollment

500

Registered

2015-10-29

Start date

2014-05-15

Completion date

2015-03-31

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

A prospective study was performed in a tertiary referral centre ED, where the number, types, and volumes of fluid bolus (FB); Indications of fluid bolus.; and their perceived success rates were recorded. The physiological effect of these FBs on blood pressure (MAP, mmHg), heart rate (HR, per minute), respiratory rate (RR, per minute) and temperature (Temp, °C) were recorded before, and 10 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hour and 4 hour after the FB. We hypothesized that, in a tertiary level ED of an Australian teaching hospital, FB therapy will have varied indications and have limited physiological efficacy.

Interventions

Indications and physiological efficacy of fluid bolus therapy in any patients presenting to the Emergency Department. Decision regarding the administration of the fluid bolus therapy will be at the discretion of the treating physician. The duration of follow up will be up to 4 hours after administration of fluid bolus. The data will be collected prospectively.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Any patients requiring a fluid bolus in the emergency department

Exclusion criteria

We excluded patients if their age was less than 16 years, were transferred from another hospital, or they already had more than 1000 ml of fluids administered in the ambulance while being transferred to the hospital

Outcome results