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- Eric Boccio MD , Adrian D. Haimovich MD, PhD , Vinitha Jacob MD, PhD , Kaitlin R. Maciejewski MS
- , Charles R. Wira MD and Justin Belsky MD, MPH
Journal of Emergency Medicine, Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc.
Abstract
Background
Emergency physicians express concern administering a 30-cc/kg fluid bolus to septic shock patients with pre-existing congestive heart failure (CHF), end-stage renal disease (ESRD), or obesity, due to the perceived risk of precipitating a fluid overload state.
Objective
Our aim was to determine whether there is a difference in fluid administration to septic shock patients with these pre-existing conditions in the emergency department (ED). Secondary objectives focused on whether compliance impacts mortality, need for intubation, and length of stay.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective chart review of 470,558 ED patient encounters at a single urban academic center during a 5-year period.
Results
Of 847 patients with septic shock, 308 (36.36%) had no pre-existing condition and 199 (23.49%), 17 (2.01%), and 154 (18.18%) had the single pre-existing condition of CHF, ESRD, and obesity, respectively, and 169 (19.95%) had multiple pre-existing conditions. Weight-based fluid compliance was achieved in 460 patients (54.31%). There was a lower likelihood of compliance among patients with CHF (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 0.35; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.24–0.52; p < 0.001), ESRD (aOR 0.11, 95% CI 0.04–0.32; p < 0.001), and obesity (aOR 0.29, 95% CI 0.19–0.44; p < 0.001) compared with patients with no pre-existing conditions. Compliance decreased further in patients with multiple pre-existing conditions (aOR 0.49, 95% CI 0.33–0.72; p < 0.001). Compliance was not associated with mortality in patients with CHF and ESRD, but was protective in patients with obesity and those with no pre-existing conditions.
Conclusions
Septic shock patients with pre-existing CHF, ESRD, or obesity are less likely to achieve compliance with a 30-cc/kg weight-based fluid goal compared with those without these pre-existing conditions.