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Why don’t WHO guidelines on fluid resuscitation in children include the FEAST trial results?
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Why don’t WHO guidelines on fluid resuscitation in children include the FEAST trial results?
FromThe BMJ Podcast
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15 minutes
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Jan 17, 2014
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Read the article: http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.f7003
The 2013 World Health Organization guidelines continue to recommend rapid fluid resuscitation for children with shock, despite evidence from the FEAST trial that this can increase mortality.
Katheryn Maitland, professor of tropical paediatric infectious disease at Imperial College London, who led the FEAST trial, joins us to discuss it.
The 2013 World Health Organization guidelines continue to recommend rapid fluid resuscitation for children with shock, despite evidence from the FEAST trial that this can increase mortality.
Katheryn Maitland, professor of tropical paediatric infectious disease at Imperial College London, who led the FEAST trial, joins us to discuss it.
Released:
Jan 17, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode
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