Deresuscitation

Fluid deresuscitation is an important intervention in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This study aims to find (1) determinants of successful deresuscitation, (2) the optimal rate (dose) of deresuscitation based on these determinants, and (3) differences in metabolic profiles for a more personalized approach of deresuscitation. This study is a multicenter, prospective, observational cohort study in critically ill patients. This study will include ICU patients who have a clinical indication for deresuscitation as set by the treating physician. Clinical, ultrasound and laboratory values will be collected and used for analysis.

Timely recognition and treatment of fluid overload can expedite liberation from invasive mechanical ventilation in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Lung ultrasound (LUS) is an easy to learn, safe, cheap and noninvasive bedside imaging tool with high accuracy for pulmonary edema and pleural effusions in ICU patients. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of LUS-guided deresuscitation on duration of invasive ventilation in ICU patients. The investigators hypothesize that LUS-guided fluid deresuscitation is superior to routine fluid deresuscitation (not using LUS) with regard to duration of invasive ventilation. This study is an international multicenter randomized clinical trial (RCT) in invasively ventilated ICU patients.This study will include 1,000 consecutively admitted invasively ventilated adult ICU patients, who are expected not to be extubated within the next 24 hours after randomization. Patients are randomly assigned to the intervention group, in which fluid deresuscitation is guided by repeated LUS, or the control group, in which fluid deresuscitation is at the discretion of the treating physician (not using LUS).