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Post-operative complications in goal-directed therapy (GDT) and control groups |
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| Complication |
Control group |
GDT group |
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| Infection |
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| Pneumonia |
20 |
11 |
| Abdominal |
5 |
4 |
| Urinary tract |
3 |
1 |
| Central venous catheter |
6 |
2 |
| Wound |
20 |
4 |
| Respiratory |
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| Pleural effusion |
4 |
1 |
| Pneumothorax |
1 |
0 |
| Pulmonary embolism |
1 |
0 |
| Acute respiratory distress syndrome |
2 |
2 |
| Cardiovascular |
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| Arrhythmia |
9 |
5 |
| Acute pulmonary oedema |
4 |
3 |
| Acute myocardial infarction |
3 |
0 |
| Stroke |
1 |
2 |
| Abdominal |
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| 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 |
43 |
Pearse et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R687 doi:10.1186/cc3887 |
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