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Baseline characteristics of patients in the goal-directed therapy (GDT) and control groups |
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| Characteristics |
Control group |
GDT group |
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| Number in group |
60 |
62 |
| Age (years) |
68 ± 11.6 |
66 ± 11.4 |
| Male |
39 (65%) |
42 (68%) |
| P-POSSUM operative score |
17.1 ± 4.9 |
17.8 ± 4.9 |
| P-POSSUM physiology score |
19.8 ± 5.5 |
21.9 ± 6.7 |
| APACHE II score |
9.6 ± 4.3 |
9.4 ± 3.9 |
| ASA status 3 and above |
43 (72%) |
50 (81%) |
| Aged over 70 years with limited physiological reserve |
20 (33%) |
13 (21%) |
| Known history of severe cardiac or respiratory illness |
22 (37%) |
19 (31%) |
| Extensive surgery planned for carcinoma involving bowel anastomosis |
21 (35%) |
27 (44%) |
| Late-stage vascular disease involving the aorta |
15 (25%) |
11 (18%) |
| Elective surgery |
54 (90%) |
55 (88%) |
| Type of surgery |
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| Vascular |
16 (27%) |
12 (19%) |
| Upper gastro-intestinal |
8 (13%) |
16 (26%) |
| Hepato-biliary |
4 (7%) |
8 (13%) |
| Lower gastro-intestinal |
14 (23%) |
10 (16%) |
| Urology |
15 (25%) |
11 (18%) |
| Other |
3 (5%) |
5 (8%) |
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Values are absolute (%) or mean ± SD. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; P-POSSUM, Portsmouth Physiologic and Operative Severity Score for the enUmeration of Mortality and morbidity. | ||
Pearse et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R687 doi:10.1186/cc3887 |
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