Effect of Restricted Fluid Management Strategy on Outcomes in Critically Ill Pediatric Trauma Patients: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Summary

This study is designed to help decide how much intravenous (IV) fluid should be given to pediatric trauma patients. No standard currently exists for managing fluids in critically ill pediatric trauma patients, and many fluid strategies are now in practice. For decades, trauma patients got high volumes of IV fluid. Recent studies in adults show that patients actually do better by giving less fluid. The investigators do not know if this is true in children and this study is designed to answer that question and provide guidelines for IV fluid management in children after trauma.

Description

Eligibility

Age range

0–15 years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Other
  Balanced crystalloid solution volume administration

  Maintenance and bolus fluid volumes of balanced isotonic crystalloid solution administered based on arm.

• Other
  Packed Erythrocytes Units, Blood Product Unit volume

  For patients designated as Bleeding, where hemoglobin \<7 then patient will be transfused 10 mL/kg up to 250 mL/transfusion. If patient is hypovolemic with clinician discretion transfuse 20 mL/kg.

• Other
  Plasma volume

  For patients designated as Bleeding, where International Normalized Ratio (INR) \> 1.5 then patient will be transfused 10 mL/kg up to 250 mL/transfusion. If patient is hypovolemic with clinician discretion transfuse 20 mL/kg.

• Other
  Platelets volume

  For patients designated as Bleeding, where platelets \< 50,000 then patient will be transfused 10 mL/kg up to 250 mL/transfusion. If patient is hypovolemic with clinician discretion transfuse 20 mL/kg.

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