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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Intensive Care Med. 2018 Nov 28;45(2):275–277. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5477-1

Table:

Studies Comparing 0.9% Saline to Balanced Fluid Resuscitation

Study Population Design Sample Size Outcome 0.9% Saline Balanced P-Value
Yunos et al 2012 [15] Adult ICU Pre/Post 1,533 Mortality 15% 13% 0.44
Raghunathan et al 2014 [10] Adult sepsis Matched cohort 6,730 Mortality 23% 20% 0.001
Yunos et al 2012 [15] Adult ICU Pre/Post 1,533 AKI 14% 8.4% <0.001
SPLIT Trial 2015 [14] Adult ICU Cross-over 2,092 AKI 9.2% 9.6% 0.77
Self et al 2018 [11] Adults RCT 13,347 MAKE30 5.6% 4.7% 0.01
Semler et al 2018 [12] Adult ICU RCT 15,802 MAKE30 15.4% 14.3% 0.04
Weiss et al 2017 [13] Pediatric sepsis Matched cohort 4,234 Mortality 7.9% 7.2% 0.20
Emrath et al 2017 [8] Pediatric sepsis/ICU Matched cohort 10,318 Mortality 15% 13% 0.051
Ngo et al 2001 [9] Pediatric dengue fever RCT 222 Shock recovery 93% 80% 0.022

ICU, intensive care unit; RCT, randomized controlled trial; NA, not applicable; RR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval; AKI, acute kidney injury; MAKE30, major adverse kidney events by 30 days