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January 1, 2015
Mild perioperative hypothermia, defined as a core body temperature between 34 and 36 °C, is common and preventable. Without active interventions approximately 70 % of patient undergoing operations lasting 2 h or longer will become hypothermic. This is of c ...
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January 1, 2014
© Cambridge University Press 2014. Goals of goal directed therapy Ultimately, the aim of goal directed therapy (GDT) is to improve patient outcomes by optimizing tissue perfusion and end-organ function. Adverse outcomes are associated with both under- and ...
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January 1, 2014
© Cambridge University Press 2014. Each year millions of pounds are spent around the world on health care research with the aim of developing interventions, practices, and guidelines that can improve human health. Yet only a small proportion of these innov ...
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January 1, 2011
High-risk surgery is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. From a database of over 4 million patients it has recently been shown that 80% of deaths occur in only 12.5% of surgical procedures [1]. In these high-risk patients the expected mort ...
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