Liberal initial fluid vs conservative fluid therapy: All‐cause mortality
Liberal initial fluid probably leads to higher all‐cause mortality compared with conservative fluid therapy (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Liberal initial fluid vs conservative fluid therapy All‐cause mortality · adults and children with initial sepsis and septic shocka Liberal initial fluid probably leads to higher all‐cause mortality compared with conservative fluid therapy (moderate certainty). Liberal versus conservative fluid therapy in adults and children with sepsis or septic shock (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.38 [1.07, 1.77] | 2 studies · 3288 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal versus conservative fluid therapy in adults and children with sepsis or septic shock 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.