Table 2

Therapeutic interventions and changes in physiological parameters during the 8-hour study period

Parameter
Control group
GDT group
p

Intervention



     Crystalloid (ml)
960 ± 335
930 ± 221
0.39
     Colloid (ml)
1,204 ± 898
1,907 ± 878
<0.0001
     Blood (ml)
0 (0–485)
125 (0–734)
0.10
     Dopexamine (μg kg-1 min-1)
0.0 (0.0–0.0)
0.75 (0.5–1.0)
<0.0001
Change in variable



     DO2I (ml min-1 m-2)
-10 ± 190
+163 ± 249
0.0001
     Stroke volume (ml)
-7.2 ± 28.7
+6.7 ± 26.1
0.01
     CVP (mmHg)
-1.6 ± 6.8
-2.1 ± 5.4
0.69
     Serum lactate (mmol l-1)
-0.6 ± 1.1
-0.3 ± 0.8
0.11

Data are presented as mean ± SD or median (interquartile range). CVP, central venous pressure; DO2I, oxygen delivery index. GDT, goal-directed therapy.

Pearse et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R687   doi:10.1186/cc3887