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Comment
. 2022 Oct;18(10):607-608.
doi: 10.1038/s41581-022-00609-5.

Restrictive fluid therapy and high-dose vitamin C in sepsis

Mark Philip Plummer  1 , Rinaldo Bellomo  2
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Comment

Restrictive fluid therapy and high-dose vitamin C in sepsis

Mark Philip Plummer et al. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2022 Oct.

Abstract

Two recent randomized trials provide evidence to guide the management of sepsis. The CLASSIC trial reports that restrictive fluid therapy has no mortality benefit compared to a standard regimen in patients with septic shock, whereas the LOVIT trial reports that high-dose intravenous vitamin C might be harmful in patients with severe sepsis.

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Conflict of interest statement

M.P.P. is conducting a trial of mega-dose vitamin C in septic shock. R.B. is coducting a trial of the physiological effect of mega-dose vitamin C in septic shock and holds intellecutal property for mega-dose vitamin C therapy in sepsis.

Comment on

  • Intravenous Vitamin C in Adults with Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit.
    Lamontagne F, Masse MH, Menard J, Sprague S, Pinto R, Heyland DK, Cook DJ, Battista MC, Day AG, Guyatt GH, Kanji S, Parke R, McGuinness SP, Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan BK, Annane D, Cohen D, Arabi YM, Bolduc B, Marinoff N, Rochwerg B, Millen T, Meade MO, Hand L, Watpool I, Porteous R, Young PJ, D'Aragon F, Belley-Cote EP, Carbonneau E, Clarke F, Maslove DM, Hunt M, Chassé M, Lebrasseur M, Lauzier F, Mehta S, Quiroz-Martinez H, Rewa OG, Charbonney E, Seely AJE, Kutsogiannis DJ, LeBlanc R, Mekontso-Dessap A, Mele TS, Turgeon AF, Wood G, Kohli SS, Shahin J, Twardowski P, Adhikari NKJ; LOVIT Investigators and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group. Lamontagne F, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jun 23;386(25):2387-2398. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2200644. Epub 2022 Jun 15. N Engl J Med. 2022. PMID: 35704292 Clinical Trial.
  • Restriction of Intravenous Fluid in ICU Patients with Septic Shock.
    Meyhoff TS, Hjortrup PB, Wetterslev J, Sivapalan P, Laake JH, Cronhjort M, Jakob SM, Cecconi M, Nalos M, Ostermann M, Malbrain M, Pettilä V, Møller MH, Kjær MN, Lange T, Overgaard-Steensen C, Brand BA, Winther-Olesen M, White JO, Quist L, Westergaard B, Jonsson AB, Hjortsø CJS, Meier N, Jensen TS, Engstrøm J, Nebrich L, Andersen-Ranberg NC, Jensen JV, Joseph NA, Poulsen LM, Herløv LS, Sølling CG, Pedersen SK, Knudsen KK, Straarup TS, Vang ML, Bundgaard H, Rasmussen BS, Aagaard SR, Hildebrandt T, Russell L, Bestle MH, Schønemann-Lund M, Brøchner AC, Elvander CF, Hoffmann SKL, Rasmussen ML, Martin YK, Friberg FF, Seter H, Aslam TN, Ådnøy S, Seidel P, Strand K, Johnstad B, Joelsson-Alm E, Christensen J, Ahlstedt C, Pfortmueller CA, Siegemund M, Greco M, Raděj J, Kříž M, Gould DW, Rowan KM, Mouncey PR, Perner A; CLASSIC Trial Group. Meyhoff TS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Jun 30;386(26):2459-2470. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2202707. Epub 2022 Jun 17. N Engl J Med. 2022. PMID: 35709019 Clinical Trial.

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