A positive fluid balance is associated with a worse outcome in patients with acute renal failure.docVIP

Available online /content/12/3/R74 Research Open Access Vol 12 No 3 A positive fluid balance is associated with a worse outcome in patients with acute renal failure Didier Payen1, Anne Cornélie de Pont2, Yasser Sakr3, Claudia Spies4, Konrad Reinhart3, Jean Louis Vincent5 for the Sepsis Occurrence in Acutely Ill Patients (SOAP) Investigators 1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, CHU Lariboisière, 2, rue Ambroise – Paré, F-75475 Paris Cedex 10, France 2Adult Intensive Care Unit C3-327, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, NL-1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Net