The Australasian Resuscitation In Sepsis Evaluation: Fluids or vasopressors in emergency department sepsis (ARISE FLUIDS), a multi-centre observational study describing current practice in Australia and New Zealand

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Keijzers, Gerben
Macdonald, Stephen PJ
Udy, Andrew A
Arendts, Glenn
Bailey, Michael
Bellomo, Rinaldo
Blecher, Gabriel E
Burcham, Jonathon
Coggins, Andrew R
Delaney, Anthony
Fatovich, Daniel M
Fraser, John F
Harley, Amanda
Jones, Peter
Kinnear, Frances B
May, Katya
Peake, Sandra
Taylor, David McD
Williams, Patricia
Khanh, Nguyen
Foong, Lai Heng
Hullick, Carolyn
McNulty, Richard
Na, Andrew
Trethewy, Christopher
Lutze, Lucy
Zhang, Michael
Cowan, Tim
Middleton, Paul
Avis, Suzanne
Vidler, Sam
Salter, Mark
Janes, Simon
Harwood, Tom
Oliver, Matthew
Jazayeri, Farzad
Jones, Sarah
Davoren, Michael
Coggins, Andrew
Pradhananga, Bibhu
Newby, Lynette
Beck, Sierra
Sandleback, Brad
Rabas, Sophie
Harger, Simon
Tan, Eunicia
Song, Rima
Gutenstein, Marc
Munro, Andrew
Connely, Michael
Goodson, Jennifer
Mclean, Alastair
Brabyn, Christine
Mukerji, Saptarshi
Simmonds, Harnah
Young, Paul
Sugeng, Yulia
Bird, Cheryl
McConnell, Amanda
Henderson, Peter
Johnson, David
Perez, Siegfried
Mahani, Abbas
Orda, Ulrich
Thom, Ogilvie
Roberts, Kym
Kinnear, Frances
Hazelwood, Sarah
Hanh, Pham
Eley, Rob
Livesay, Georgia
Devlin, Michael
Murdoch, Ian
Wood, Erik
Williams, Julian
Brown, Nathan
King, Alex
Sadewasser, Jan
Jones, Leonie
Gangathimmaiah, Vinay
Manudhane, Anit
Haustead, Daniel
Ascencio-Lane, Juan-Carlos
Buntine, Paul
Walker, Katie
Pouryahya, Pourya
Crompton, Daniel
Sultana, Ron
Campbell, Timothy
Dwyer, Rosamond
Blecher, Gabriel
Knott, Jonathan
Mitra, Biswadev
Luckhoff, Carl
Young, Russel
Rudling, Natalie
Mukherjee, Ashes
Dyke, Kerry-Lee
Parker, Casey
Cooper, Alannah
Nagree, Yusuf
Koay, Keng
Kruger, Coert
Ghedina, Nicole
Smedley, Ben
Macdonald, Stephen
Hamersley, Helen
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Emergency Medicine Australasia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Objectives: To describe haemodynamic resuscitation practices in ED patients with suspected sepsis and hypotension. Methods: This was a prospective, multicentre, observational study conducted in 70 hospitals in Australia and New Zealand between September 2018 and January 2019. Consecutive adults presenting to the ED during a 30-day period at each site, with suspected sepsis and hypotension (systolic blood pressure <100 mmHg) despite at least 1000 mL fluid resuscitation, were eligible. Data included baseline demographics, clinical and laboratory variables and intravenous fluid volume administered, vasopressor administration at baseline and 6- and 24-h post-enrolment, time to antimicrobial administration, intensive care admission, organ support and in-hospital mortality. Results: A total of 4477 patients were screened and 591 were included with a mean (standard deviation) age of 62 (19) years, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score 15.2 (6.6) and a median (interquartile range) systolic blood pressure of 94 mmHg (87–100). Median time to first intravenous antimicrobials was 77 min (42–148). A vasopressor infusion was commenced within 24 h in 177 (30.2%) patients, with noradrenaline the most frequently used (n = 138, 78%). A median of 2000 mL (1500–3000) of intravenous fluids was administered prior to commencing vasopressors. The total volume of fluid administered from pre-enrolment to 24 h was 4200 mL (3000–5661), with a range from 1000 to 12 200 mL. Two hundred and eighteen patients (37.1%) were admitted to an intensive care unit. Overall in-hospital mortality was 6.2% (95% confidence interval 4.4–8.5%). Conclusion: Current resuscitation practice in patients with sepsis and hypotension varies widely and occupies the spectrum between a restricted volume/earlier vasopressor and liberal fluid/later vasopressor strategy.

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© 2020 The Authors. Emergency Medicine Australasia published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Keijzers, G; Macdonald, SPJ; Udy, AA; Arendts, G; Bailey, M; Bellomo, R; Blecher, GE; Burcham, J; Coggins, AR; Delaney, A; Fatovich, DM; Fraser, JF; Harley, A; Jones, P; et al, The Australasian Resuscitation In Sepsis Evaluation: Fluids or vasopressors in emergency department sepsis (ARISE FLUIDS), a multi-centre observational study describing current practice in Australia and New Zealand, Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2020

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