This document discusses various methods for assessing fluid overload in patients. Fluid balance (the difference between fluid intake and output) is strongly associated with outcomes like mortality in patients with sepsis or ARDS. Monitoring extravascular lung water, which can be estimated noninvasively using transpulmonary thermodilution, may help guide fluid management and is associated with improved outcomes. While central venous pressure is not a direct marker of pulmonary risk, maintaining an adequate mean arterial pressure and renal perfusion pressure is important to prevent organ dysfunction. Assessing fluid responsiveness with tests like passive leg raise can help determine how much fluid can safely be removed.