Effect of Goal-directed Crystalloid Versus Colloid Administration on Major Postoperative Morbidity
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-10-20
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
A trial in which patients having open abdominal surgery are randomized to receive either
crystalloids or colloids intraoperatively, guided by esophageal Doppler. The investigators
test the primary hypothesis that goal-directed colloid administration during elective
abdominal surgery decreases a composite of postoperative complications within 30 days of
surgery.