Balanced Solution Versus Saline in Intensive Care Study (BaSICS)
Critical Illness, Acute Kidney Injury
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Critical Illness
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria (all three):
- Need for plasma expansion, and the clinician considers that Plasma-Lyte® or 0.9% saline are equally appropriate for patients, with no specific indications or contraindications for any of the fluids or for rapid or slow infusion.
- Patients not expected to be discharged on the day after their admission.
At least one of the following risk factors for acute renal injury:
- Age ≥ 65 years
- Hypotension (mean arterial pressure [MAP] < 65 mmHg or systolic blood pressure [SBP] < 90 mmHg) or use of vasopressors
- Sepsis
- Use of invasive mechanical ventilation or of continuous noninvasive mechanical ventilation (including high-flow nasal cannula) > 12 hours
- Oliguria (< 0.5 mL/kg/hour for ≥ 3 hours)
- Serum creatinine ≥ 1.2 mg/dL for women or ≥ 1.4 mg/dL for men
- Liver cirrhosis or acute liver failure
Exclusion Criteria (any of the below):
- Age < 18 years
- Acute renal failure treated with renal replacement therapy (RRT) or expected to require RRT within the next 6 hours
- Severe hyponatremia (serum sodium ≤ 120 mmol/L)
- Severe hypernatremia (serum sodium ≥ 160 mmol/L)
- Death considered imminent and inevitable within 24 hours
- Patients with suspected or confirmed brain death
- Patients under exclusive palliative care
- Patients previously enrolled in the BaSICS study
Sites / Locations
- Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Plasma-Lyte, Slow Infusion
Plasma-Lyte, Fast Infusion
Saline 0.9%, Slow Infusion
Saline 0.9%, Fast Infusion
Plasma-Lyte will be used for fluid expansion and maintenance whenever needed and when there is no contraindication either for Plasma-Lyte or normal saline. Whenever fluid expansion is deemed necessary by the attending physician, infusion speed will be set at 333 mL/h.
Plasma-Lyte will be used for fluid expansion and maintenance whenever needed and when there is no contraindication either for Plasma-Lyte or normal saline. Whenever fluid expansion is deemed necessary by the attending physician, infusion speed will be set at 999 mL/h.
Saline 0.9% will be used for fluid expansion and maintenance whenever needed and when there is no contraindication either for Plasma-Lyte or normal saline. Whenever fluid expansion is deemed necessary by the attending physician, infusion speed will be set at 333 mL/h.
Saline 0.9% will be used for fluid expansion and maintenance whenever needed and when there is no contraindication either for Plasma-Lyte or normal saline. Whenever fluid expansion is deemed necessary by the attending physician, infusion speed will be set at 999 mL/h.