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The impact of fluid balance on outcomes in critically ill near-term/term neonates: a report from the AWAKEN study group

  • on behalf of the Neonatal Kidney Collaborative
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • Ohio State University
  • University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
  • University of Cincinnati
  • University of Kentucky
  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  • University of New Mexico
  • McGill University
  • University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • University of Rochester
  • Seattle Children’s Hospital
  • University of Miami
  • University of Virginia
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Maimonides Medical Center
  • University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
  • Washington University St. Louis
  • Tufts University

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Abstract

Background: In sick neonates admitted to the NICU, improper fluid balance can lead to fluid overload. We report the impact of fluid balance in the first postnatal week on outcomes in critically ill near-term/term neonates. Methods: This analysis includes infants ≥36 weeks gestational age from the Assessment of Worldwide Acute Kidney injury Epidemiology in Neonates (AWAKEN) study (N = 645). Fluid balance: percent weight change from birthweight. Primary outcome: mechanical ventilation (MV) on postnatal day 7. Results: The median peak fluid balance was 1.0% (IQR: −0.5, 4.6) and occurred on postnatal day 3 (IQR: 1, 5). Nine percent required MV at postnatal day 7. Multivariable models showed the peak fluid balance (aOR 1.12, 95%CI 1.08–1.17), lowest fluid balance in 1st postnatal week (aOR 1.14, 95%CI 1.07–1.22), fluid balance on postnatal day 7 (aOR 1.12, 95%CI 1.07–1.17), and negative fluid balance at postnatal day 7 (aOR 0.3, 95%CI 0.16–0.67) were independently associated with MV on postnatal day 7. Conclusions: We describe the impact of fluid balance in critically ill near-term/term neonates over the first postnatal week. Higher peak fluid balance during the first postnatal week and higher fluid balance on postnatal day 7 were independently associated with MV at postnatal day 7.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)79-85
Number of pages7
JournalPediatric Research
Volume85
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2019

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