Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy in Perioperative Care: Reducing Complications and Improving Recovery
The Turning Point in Perioperative Fluid Management For much of modern surgical history, the approach to intravenous fluids in the operating room was guided more by tradition than by evidence. Anesthesiologists worked from fixed formulas, replacing estimated fasting deficits, accounting for insensible losses, and infusing at rates calculated on body weight and procedure duration. It


