Table 4

Post-operative complications in goal-directed therapy (GDT) and control groups

Complication

Control group

GDT group

Infection

Pneumonia

20

11

Abdominal

5

4

Urinary tract

3

1

Central venous catheter

6

2

Wound

20

4

Respiratory

Pleural effusion

4

1

Pneumothorax

1

0

Pulmonary embolism

1

0

Acute respiratory distress syndrome

2

2

Cardiovascular

Arrhythmia

9

5

Acute pulmonary oedema

4

3

Acute myocardial infarction

3

0

Stroke

1

2

Abdominal

Clostridium difficile diarrhoea

1

0

Acute bowel obstruction

1

1

Upper gastro-intestinal bleed

4

2

Prolonged paralytic ileus

3

2

Anastomotic leak

1

1

Intra-abdominal hypertension

1

0

Post-operative massive haemorrhage

1

1

Total

90

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