Australasian Resuscitation In Sepsis Evaluation: Fluid or Vasopressors in Emergency Department Sepsis (ARISE:Fluids) Trial.

Findings from a Gold Coast Health driven investigation into the use of intravenous fluids in sepsis management in emergency patients will be used as the foundation for a larger, $2.33M randomised controlled trial. 

Sepsis, although not very common, is a serious condition where infection leads to organ dysfunction and possibly death. 

The planned ARISE: Fluids study will explore liberal versus restricted fluid management in patients with septic shock after a large study led by principal investigator Professor Gerben Keijzers showed that there was large variation in how much fluid patients were given.