Can the global end-diastolic volume index guide fluid management in septic patients? A multicenter randomized controlled trial.
Kenichiro MorisawaShigeki FujitaniYosuke HommaKazuaki ShigemitsuNobuyuki SaitoKatsura HayakawaHideto YasudaToru HifumiHiroshi RinkaToshihiko MayumiShinsuke FujiwaraYoshinori MuraoYasuhiko TairaPublished in: Acute medicine & surgery (2019)
Although there was no significant efficacy, EGDT guided by GEDI showed a trend of shorter length of stay in the intensive care unit and lower 3-day infusion balance than the EGDT-CVP group in sepsis. The GEDI monitoring did not appear to improve the ventilator-free days over a 28-day period.