Blog: Fluid Academy

Welcome to the IFA blog! Our blog will give us a unique opportunity to share news, updates and conference content, while also offering a place for us to interact with our community. If you’re wondering what you can expect from the content you find on our blog, and how the information here differs from the information you may find on our website, read on.

Fill in #COVID19 survey on Hemodynamic Monitoring

Fill in #COVID19 survey on Hemodynamic Monitoring

We designed an international electronic survey to better understand current practice and alignment with international guidelines in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Little is known about the cardiovascular consequences of COVID-19 and the hemodynamic management of patients requiring ICU admission.

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Fill in #COVID19 survey on Fluid Management

Fill in #COVID19 survey on Fluid Management

We designed an international electronic survey to better understand current practice and alignment with international guidelines in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Fluid administration and management are one of the fundamental practices of intensive care, however few colleagues consider fluids as drugs.

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Fill in #COVID19 survey on General Management

Fill in #COVID19 survey on General Management

We designed an international electronic survey to better understand current practice and alignment with international guidelines in critically ill COVID-19 patients. The impact of the present COVID-19 crisis on all levels of society is devastating. Therefore we would like to know the following: Tell us how you managed ICU patients. Tell us what you feel. Tell us what you think. Tell us what you have done

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Livestream 40 year ICU Symposium

Livestream 40 year ICU Symposium

Watch the Livestream of the 40th Anniversary ICU Symposium in Brussels (Oct 12)

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Livestream #BEACH2019

Livestream #BEACH2019

Follow the livestream of the 3rd BEACH course in Brussels (Oct 11)

BElgian Annual eCmo Hands-on Course

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Donate for FOAM

Donate for FOAM

We need your help to collect money to support research on IV Fluids. Save lives, donate now.

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#IFAD2018 Social Media Report

#IFAD2018 Social Media Report

The #IFAD2018 Social Media Report is out. Find out more and download the 297 page report!

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#BEACH2018 Social Media Report

#BEACH2018 Social Media Report

The #BEACH2018 Social Media Report is out. Find out more and download the 9 page report!

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Minimizing secondary brain injury at the bedside #ISICEM19

Minimizing secondary brain injury at the bedside #ISICEM19

Talk given by Victoria McCredie, University of Toronto. Secondary brain injury is a frequent event in TBI patients. These events greatly influence prognosis and are potentially preventable. Our understanding of secondary brain injury mechanisms and physiologic responses to treatment is evolving.

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Phenylephrine-induced recruitable preload from the venous side

Phenylephrine-induced recruitable preload from the venous side

Over the last decades we have used aggressive fluid resuscitation as a cornerstone in the treatment of shock, however, with only little evidence to support this. Early venconstriction may avoid fluid overload.

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Livestream #IFAD2018

Livestream #IFAD2018

Follow the livestream of the 7th International Fluid Academy Day in Amsterdam (Nov 23)

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Should we retire the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines and Bundles: PRO (#LIVES2018)

Should we retire the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines and Bundles: PRO (#LIVES2018)

Talk by @Manu_Malbrain given during the #LIVES2018 Pro Con debate on Oct 24th in Paris whether the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines and Bundles should be retired yes or no. Manu Malbrain taking the PRO stand against Mitch Levy. Watch full presentation here.

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Join #SMACC Sydney

Join #SMACC Sydney

The Social Media and Critical Care Conference continues to harness the immense energy of FOAM and SMACC in Sydney March 26-29 2019 promises to be the best one yet. IFAD is a SMACC affiliated website.

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Petition to retire the surviving sepsis campaign guidelines

Petition to retire the surviving sepsis campaign guidelines

Fill in the petition. Guidelines that go beyond guidance and move to regimented, time-based prescriptions of care must be based on unassailable evidence. Even then, the clinician's assessment of the individual patient should allow a diversion from the guideline directed care.

 

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What is the ideal IV fluid? (#iFADmini #IFAD2018)

What is the ideal IV fluid? (#iFADmini #IFAD2018)

Read further and find out whether or not the ideal intravenous plasma substitution fluid exists or not?

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The neglected role of abdominal compliance (#iFADmini #IFAD2018)

The neglected role of abdominal compliance (#iFADmini #IFAD2018)

Read on, if you want to know how abdominal compliance plays a role in organ-organ interactions

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What is new in IAP measurement (#IFAD2018 #iFADmini)

What is new in IAP measurement (#IFAD2018 #iFADmini)

In this #ISICEM18 lecture @manu_malbrain discusses the recent advances in IAP measurement as well as the advantages for continuous monitoring

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Privacy GDPR

Privacy GDPR

Please read our new privacy policy statement in order to comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) of the EU.

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How to monitor de-resuscitation (#ISICEM18 #IFAD2018)

How to monitor de-resuscitation (#ISICEM18 #IFAD2018)

Different monitoring tools are available to help the clinician to guide de-resuscitation

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Global Increased Permeability Syndrome (#ISICEM18 #IFAD2018)

Global Increased Permeability Syndrome (#ISICEM18 #IFAD2018)

Global increased permeability syndrome is defined as fluid overload with new onset organ failure.

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Fluids are Drugs (#ISICEM18 #IFAD2018)

Fluids are Drugs (#ISICEM18 #IFAD2018)

 

In analogy to antibiotic stewardship physicians should treat fluids also as drugs

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Understanding CARS (#ISICEM18 #IFAD2018)

Understanding CARS (#ISICEM18 #IFAD2018)

Understand what worsening renal fdunction occurs in patients with congestive heart failure

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IFAD goes International

IFAD goes International

At last IFAD meeting in Antwerp the Executive Committee became truly international

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FOAMbot

FOAMbot

Check out this space as the FOAMbot is coming soon

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#IFAD2017 Social Media Report

#IFAD2017 Social Media Report

The #IFAD2017 Social Media Report is out. Find out more and download the 82 page report

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The four questions of fluid therapy

The four questions of fluid therapy

Part 1 of series on fluid therapy: The 4 questions or why you should bother about the ebb and flow phase of shock

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EFSUMB Course Book

EFSUMB Course Book

View and download Ultrasound Book from the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB)

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EFSUMB Course Book

EFSUMB Course Book

View and download Ultrasound book of the European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB).

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I dont like the Berlin ARDS definition

I dont like the Berlin ARDS definition

Do you like the Berlin ARDS definition? Read more why they are far from perfect and view results of  the Twitter survey

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Incidence of pulmonary embolism in emergency department

Incidence of pulmonary embolism in emergency department

In adult patients who are hospitalised for a first episode of syncope, what is the prevalence of pulmonary embolism (PE)? The authors were concerned that PE is an underappreciated cause of syncope...

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NIV via mask vs. helmet

NIV via mask vs. helmet

To determine whether noninvasive ventilation (NIV) delivered by helmet improves intubation rate among patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).

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Join #dasSMACC

Join #dasSMACC

The Social Media and Critical Care Conference continues to harness the immense energy of FOAM and dasSMACC in Berlin June 26-29 2017 promises to be the best one yet.

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Cristal

Cristal

CRISTAL wanted to test whether the use of colloids or crystalloids for fluid resuscitation is more likely to reduce mortality in patients admitted to the ICU with acute hypovolemic shock

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All you need to know about FLUIDS, IFAD, FOAM and SMACC

All you need to know about FLUIDS, IFAD, FOAM and SMACC

The IFAD is proud to announce that the Fluid Academy website is now an official SMACC affiliated website!

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SMACCDUB Day 1

SMACCDUB Day 1

SO, YOU THINK YOU ARE A RESUSCITATIONIST...? (Victoria Brazil – @SocraticEM)

Every one needs to do reality check Brazil felt first like a resuscitationist about 20 years ago at a road accident = combination of CPR + fluids? 

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How to set PEEP in Abdominal Hypertension

How to set PEEP in Abdominal Hypertension

Increased intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) alters PV curves and usually shifts the chest wall PV loop to the right while lung PV curves remain unaffected.

The application of PEEP will increase IAP but only when > 10 cmH2O
On average a PEEP 15 cmH2O → IAP + 1.5mmHg

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36th ISICEM Free Full Text Reviews

36th ISICEM Free Full Text Reviews

Reviews

Below you can find the links to the full text open access of the 10 review papers published in relation to the 36th ISICEM (International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine), held in Brussels, Belgium, March 13-18, 2016.

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