Effect of Goal-directed Crystalloid Versus Colloid Administration on Major Postoperative Morbidity

Summary

A trial in which patients having open abdominal surgery are randomized to receive either crystalloids or colloids intraoperatively, guided by esophageal Doppler. The investigators test the primary hypothesis that goal-directed colloid administration during elective abdominal surgery decreases a composite of postoperative complications within 30 days of surgery.

Timeline

Start

2010-11

Primary completion

2016-11

Completion

2017-10-20

Publications

• Reiterer C, Kabon B, Taschner A, Zotti O, Kurz A, Fleischmann E. A comparison of intraoperative goal-directed intravenous administration of crystalloid versus colloid solutions on the postoperative maximum N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide in patients undergoing moderate- to high-risk noncardiac surgery. BMC Anesthesiol. 2020 Aug 4;20(1):192. doi: 10.1186/s12871-020-01104-9.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.