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Mortality after Fluid Bolus in African Children with Severe Infection

Kathryn Maitland, Sarah Kiguli, Robert O. Opoka, Charles Engoru, et al, for the FEAST Trial Group* New England Journal of Medicine, 2011, online first May 26, 2011

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This trial challenges the belief that fluid resusciation in severe febrile illness (including moderate hypotension and metabolic acidosis) is of benefit. It is a landmark paper, and is all the more remarkable by the fact it was conducted to an excellent standard in sub-Saharan Africa with...


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