The effect of goal-directed crystalloid versus colloid administration on postoperative spirometry parameters: a substudy of a randomized controlled clinical trial

ConclusionPostoperative pulmonary function parameters were similarly impaired in patients receiving goal-directed crystalloid administration as compared to goal-directed colloid administration during open abdominal surgery.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00517127, registered on August 16, 2007) and EudraCT (2005-004602-86).
Source: Perioperative Medicine - Category: Surgery Source Type: research