Early Goal-Directed Therapy Following Cardiac Surgery
- 17/11/2014
Early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) is a therapeutic strategy based on haemodynamic monitoring and pre-defined goals. The roots of this approach come from observational studies in non-cardiac surgery that showed that poor post-operative outcomes and higher mortality were associated with decreased oxygen delivery in the perioperative period (Clowes et al. 1960; Shoemaker 1972). Following those...
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