Table 4 Haemodynamic management of patients in Goal Directed Therapy (GDT) and control groups during the intervention period.
From: The incidence of myocardial injury following post-operative Goal Directed Therapy
Control group | GDT group | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
Intra-venous fluid | |||
Crystalloid (ml) | 960 (335) | 930 (221) | 0.39 |
Colloid (ml) | 1204 (898) | 1907 (878) | <0.0001 |
Blood (ml) | 0 (0 – 485) | 125 (0 – 734) | 0.09 |
Vasoactive drugs | |||
No. of patients receiving dopexamine | 1 (2%) | 55 (89%) | <0.0001 |
Dose of dopexamine (μg kg-1 min-1) | 0 (0 – 0) | 0.75 (0.5 – 1.0) | <0.0001 |
No. of patients receiving epinephrine | 3 (5%) | 2 (3%) | 0.68 |