Table 1 Study settings, size and quality of studies of fluid therapy
Author | Year | Country | Population | Number | Blinded | Randomised | Dropouts | Jadad score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Studies of GDT in surgery | ||||||||
Challand and colleagues [25] | 2012 | UK | Major open or laparoscopic colorectal surgery | 179 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Cecconi and colleagues [24] | 2011 | Italy | Elective total hip arthroplasty | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Mayer and colleagues [35] | 2010 | Germany | Major abdominal surgery | 60 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Jhanji and colleagues [31] | 2010 | UK | Major gastrointestinal surgery | 135 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Forget and colleagues [28] | 2010 | Belgium | Major abdominal surgery | 82 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Benes and colleagues [21] | 2010 | Czech Republic | High-risk elective intra-abdominal surgery | 120 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Harten and colleagues [30] | 2008 | UK - Scotland | Patients over the age of 50 undergoing emergency abdominal surgery | 29 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Kapoor and colleagues [32] | 2008 | India | Patients with EuroSCORE ≥3 undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Donati and colleagues [27] | 2007 | Italy | Major abdominal surgery | 135 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Lopes and colleagues [34] | 2007 | Brazil | High-risk surgery | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Chytra and colleagues [26] | 2006 | Czech Republic | ICU admissions undergoing surgery for major trauma with expected blood loss >2 l | 162 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Wakeling and colleagues [42] | 2006 | UK | Colorectal resection | 128 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Noblett and colleagues [37] | 2006 | UK | Elective colorectal resection | 108 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Pearse and colleagues [38] | 2005 | UK | High-risk general surgical patients | 122 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
McKendry and colleagues [36] | 2004 | UK | Cardiac surgery | 174 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Gan and colleagues [29] | 2002 | USA | Major elective surgery with an anticipated blood loss >500 ml | 100 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Bonazzi and colleagues [23] | 2002 | Italy | Infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair | 100 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Venn and colleagues [41] | 2002 | UK | Proximal femoral fracture repair, age >65 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Lobo and colleagues [33] | 2000 | Brazil | Patients >60 years old and/or with chronic diseases of vital organs who underwent major elective surgery | 37 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Pölönen and colleagues [39] | 2000 | Finland | Elective cardiac surgery | 403 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Wilson and colleagues [43] | 1999 | UK | Patients undergoing major elective surgery who were at risk of developing postoperative complications | 138 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Valentine and colleagues [40] | 1998 | USA | Aortic surgery | 120 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bender and colleagues [20] | 1997 | USA | Elective vascular surgery | 104 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Bishop and colleagues [22] | 1995 | USA | Surgery for major trauma | 125 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Studies using GDT in surgery comparing restrictive vs. conservative maintenance fluids | ||||||||
Lobo and colleagues [46] | 2011 | Brazil | High-risk elective surgery | 88 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Futier and colleagues [44] | 2011 | France | Major abdominal surgery | 70 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Jammer and colleagues [45] | 2010 | Norway | Open colorectal and lower intestinal surgery | 241 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |