Perioperative increase in global blood flow to explicit defined goals and outcomes following surgery

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Grocott, Michael P ^a   Dushianthan, Ahilanandan ^a   Hamilton, Mark A ^b   Mythen, Michael G ^c   Harrison, David ^d   Rowan, Kathy ^d   Beale, Richard ^e   Bennett, David ^e   Boyd, Owen ^e   Emberton, Mark ^e   Langham, Julia ^e   Roberts, Ian ^e   Thompson, Jonathan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d and London School of Hygiene Tropical Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^e London Mobile Learning Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CARDIAC INDEX; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR SURGERY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; WOUND INFECTION; ADULT; CIRCULATION; META ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGERY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLASMA SUBSTITUTES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84872193626     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004082.pub5     Document Type: Review

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