The great fluid debate: Time for Flexit?

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 819-822

  Wilson, R T J ^a   Minto, G ^b,c  

^a YORK TEACHING HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER DEVICE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ESOPHAGEAL DOPPLER MONITOR; EXERCISE TEST; FLUID THERAPY; GOAL DIRECTED FLUID THERAPY; HEART INDEX; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOW RISK PATIENT; LUNG RESECTION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MORBIDITY; ONE LUNG VENTILATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT; HEMODYNAMICS; MOTIVATION; THORAX SURGERY; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIST; CONSENSUS; CRYSTALLOID; EDITORIAL; FLUID SHIFT; HYPOVOLEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG DISEASE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OLIGURIA; OPERATIVE BLOOD LOSS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REPERFUSION INJURY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GOALS; HEMODYNAMICS; THORACIC SURGERY; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

DOPEXAMINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; INOTROPIC AGENT;

EID: 85026731735     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aex076     Document Type: Editorial

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