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Comment
. 2023 Mar 1;207(5):626-628.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202211-2091LE.

Did Balanced Crystalloids Really Decrease Mortality in Patients with Sepsis?

Gildas Gueret  1
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Did Balanced Crystalloids Really Decrease Mortality in Patients with Sepsis?

Gildas Gueret. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Percentage of mortality, type of admission, and vasopressor use according to group. Two groups are presented (BC only + mix, saline only + no fluid). BC = balanced crystalloids.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Relationship between mortality and the type of admission according to Table E2 in Zampieri and colleagues (1). This figure shows the strong relationship between mortality and the type of admission. BS = balanced solution; NS = normale saline.
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