Pleth variability index or stroke volume optimization during open abdominal surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of Goal Directed Fluid Therapy (GDFT) based on the non-invasive Pleth Variability Index (PVI) on clinical outcome after abdominal surgery has only sparingly been explored. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of intraoperative GDFT guided by PVI to a control group using esophageal Doppler on the incidence of complications and length of hospital stay after major abdominal surgery. We hypothesized that there would be no difference between the groups.

Methods

This was a randomized controlled trial in a Swedish university hospital between November 2011 and January 2015; 150 patients scheduled for open abdominal surgery lasting 2 h or more were included. Exclusion criteria included hepatic resection or severe cardiac arrhythmia. The patients w

SUBMITTER: Bahlmann H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6098821 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature