Clinical review: Goal-directed therapy-what is the evidence in surgical patients? The effect on different risk groups

Patients with limited cardiac reserve are less likely to survive and develop more complications following major surgery. By augmenting oxygen delivery index (DO2I) with a combination of intravenous fluids and inotropes (goal directed therapy (GDT)), postoperative mortality and morbidity of high-risk...

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Main Authors: Cecconi, Maurizio, Corredor, Carlos, Arulkumaran, Nishkantha, Abuella, Gihan, Ball, Jonathan, Grounds, R Michael, Hamilton, Mark, Rhodes, Andrew
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679445/