Intraoperative Fluid Therapy and Pulmonary Complications
- 1 February 2012
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by SLACK, Inc. in Orthopedics
- Vol. 35 (2), e184-91
- https://doi.org/10.3928/01477447-20120123-06
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of intraoperative fluid therapy on length of hospital stay and pulmonary complications in patients undergoing spine surgery. A total of 1307 patients were analyzed. Sixteen pulmonary complications were observed. Patients with a higher volume of administered crystalloids, colloids, and total intravenous fluids were more likely to have postoperative respiratory complications: the odds of postoperative respiratory complications increased by 30% with an increase of 1000 mL of crystalloid administered. The best cutoff point for total fluids was 4165 mL, with a sensitivity of 0.8125 and specificity of 0.7171, for postoperative pulmonary complications. A direct correlation existed between fluids and length of stay: patients who received >4165 mL of total fluids had an average length of stay of 3.88±4.66 days vs 2.3±3.9 days for patients who received P <.0001). This study should be considered as hypothesis-generating to design a prospective trial comparing high vs low intraoperative fluid regiments for patients undergoing spine surgery.Keywords
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