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From: A pragmatic multi-centre randomised controlled trial of fluid loading in high-risk surgical patients undergoing major elective surgery - the FOCCUS study

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CONSORT diagram of patient recruitment and retention in the study until final follow-up at six months. Clinical exclusions: failed to meet inclusion critieria = 13 (emergency surgery (8), inadequate time to deliver intervention (3), not high-risk surgery (2). Presence of exclusion criteria 24 (unspecified clinician concern (8), NYHA grade IV (1), chronic renal failure/creatinine > 300 umol.L-1 (9), unstable angina (1), planned elective admission to ICU (4), surgery scheduled after completion of recruitment (1)).

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