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Table 2 Goal-directed therapy strategies and renal outcome measures in studies

From: Clinical review: Volume of fluid resuscitation and the incidence of acute kidney injury - a systematic review

Study

Goal

Timing of intervention

GDT monitor

Intervention

Renal outcome

Significantly larger fluid in GDT

Studies of GDT in surgery

Challand and colleagues [25]

SV optimisation

Intraoperative

Oesophageal Doppler

SV-guided 200 ml HES 6% boluses

Creatinine increase to >149% of baseline during first postoperative week

Yes

Cecconi and colleagues [24]

Maximise SV and DO2I >600 ml/min/m2

Intraoperative and 1-hour postoperative

FloTrac/Vigileo

SV-guided HES6% boluses ± dobutamine

Oliguria or AKI

Yes

Mayer and colleagues [35]

CI >2.5 l/min/m2, SV variation <12%

Intraoperative

FloTrac/Vigileo

250 to 500 ml colloid boluses ± dobutamine

UO <500 ml/day or required dialysis for acute renal failure

No

Jhanji and colleagues [31]

SV optimisation

For 8 hours postoperative

Lidco

Gelatin 250 ml to optimise SV ± dopexamine 0.5 μg/kg/min

AKIN criteria AKI

No

Forget and colleagues [28]

Pulse oximeter plethysmogram variability index <13%

Intraoperative

Pulse oximeter

250 ml colloid boluses

Postoperative oliguria or RRT

No

Benes and colleagues [21]

SV variation <10%, CI >2.5 l/min/m2

Intraoperative

FloTrac/Vigileo

3 ml/kg colloid boluses ± dobutamine

AKI by POSSUM scoring (increase in blood urea >5 mmol/l from preoperative levels) or RRT

No

Harten and colleagues [30]

Pulse pressure variation <10%

Intraoperative

Lidco

Boluses of 250 ml of 6% HES if pulse pressure variation >10%

UO <500 ml/day or increase in SCr >30% from the preoperative level

Yes

Kapoor and colleagues [32]

CVP >6 mmHg, SVV <10%, CI 2.5 to 4.2 l/min/m2, ScvO2 >70%

For 8 hours postoperative

FloTrac and ScvO2

Colloid boluses inotropes and blood per protocol

Increase in SCr >150 μmol/l, UO <750 ml/24 hours

Noa

Donati and colleagues [27]

O2 ER <27%

Intraoperative to 24 hours

CVC, arterial line

Colloid boluses ± dobutamine

SCr >2 mg/dl or need for RRT

No

Lopes and colleagues [34]

Pulse pressure variation <10%

Intraoperative

Arterial line

Colloid boluses 6% HES

UO <500 ml/day or serum creatinine >170 μmol/l or dialysis for AKI

Yes

Chytra and colleagues [26]

SV optimisation with FTc 0.35 to 0.4 seconds

12 hours postoperative

Oesophageal Doppler

Colloid boluses 250 ml gelatin or 6% HES

Need for RRT

Yes

Wakeling and colleagues [42]

SV optimisation

Intraoperative

Oesophageal Doppler

Gelatin colloid boluses

UO <500 ml/day or increase in SCr >30% from the preoperative level

Yes

Noblett and colleagues [37]

SV optimisation with FTc 0.35 to 0.4 seconds

Intraoperative

Oesophageal Doppler

6% HES boluses 7 or 3 ml/kg

Increase in SCr or need for RRT

No

Pearse and colleagues [38]

Optimise SV and DO2I >600 ml/min/m2

Postoperative 8 hours

Lidco

Gelatin boluses to optimise SV ± dopexamine

Need for RRT

Yes

McKendry and colleagues [36]

Stroke index >35 ml/m2

Postoperative 4 hours

Oesophageal Doppler

200 ml boluses blood or colloid

Need for RRT

Yes

Gan and colleagues [29]

SV optimisation with FTc 0.35 to 0.4 seconds

Intraoperative

Oesophageal Doppler

200 ml boluses of 6% HES

UO <500 ml/day or increase in SCr >30% from the preoperative level

Yes

Bonazzi and colleagues [23]

Cl>3.0/min/m2, PAOP 10 to 18 mmHg, SVR<1,450 dyne ×second/cm5, DO2I >600 ml/min/m2

Preoperative to 2 days postoperative

Pulmonary artery catheter

Fluid, blood, dobutamine

Oliguria requiring high-dose frusemide or RRT

Yes

Venn and colleagues [41]

Two GDT groups: CVP >14 mmHg or SV optimisation with FTc >0.35 seconds

Intraoperative

CVC or oesophageal Doppler

Gelatin boluses 100 to 200 ml

UO <500 ml/day or increase in SCr >30% from the preoperative level

Yes

Lobo and colleagues [33]

DO2I >600 ml/min/m2

Intraoperative to24 hours

Pulmonary artery catheter

Fluids, blood, inotropes

SCr >3.5 mg/dl or UO <500 ml/24 hours

No

Pölönen and colleagues [39]

ScvO2 >70% lactate <2 mM

8 hours postoperative

Pulmonary artery catheter

Fluids, blood, inotropes

Increase in SCr >1.7 mg/dl, UO <750 ml/24 hours

Noa

Wilson and colleagues [43]

DO2I >600 ml/min/m2, PAOP >12 mmHg

Preoperative to 12 to 24 hours postoperative

Pulmonary artery catheter

Fluids, blood dopexamine or adrenaline

UO <0.5 ml/kg/hour for >3 hours or 50% rise in SCr

No

Valentine and colleagues [40]

CI >2.8 l/min/m2, PAOP 8 to 15 mmHg, SVR <1,100 dyne × second/cm5

>14 hours preoperative

Pulmonary artery catheter

Fluids, dobutamine, vasodilators

Need for RRT or oliguria >24 hours with doubling of SCr

Yes

Bender and colleagues [20]

CI >2.8, PAOP 8 to 14 mmHg, SVR <1,100 dyne × second/cm5

Preoperative to 16 hours postoperative

Pulmonary artery catheter

Fluids, blood, dopamine, vasodilators

Increase in SCr >1 mg/dl

Yes

Bishop and colleagues [22]

CI >4.5 l/min/m2, DO2I >760 ml/min/m2, VO2I >166 ml/min/m2

Attain goal within 24 hours of admission and maintain for48 hours

Pulmonary artery catheter

Fluids, blood, dobutamine, vasodilators

SCr >2 mg/dl or twice baseline in CKD

Yes

Studies using GDT in surgery comparing restrictive vs. conservative maintenance fluids

Lobo and colleagues [46]

DO2I >600 ml/min/m2

Intraoperative and 8 hours postoperative

Lidco

SV-guided gelatin bolus ± dobutamine in both groups. Maintenance fluid 4 vs. 12 ml/kg/hour

SCr ×2 upper limit of normal

Yes

Futier and colleagues [44]

Variation in peak aortic flow velocity (ΔPV) <13%

Intraoperative

Oesophageal Doppler

ΔPV-guided boluses of 6% HES in both groups. Maintenance crystalloid 6 vs. 12 ml/kg/hour

UO <500 ml/day or increase in SCr >30% from the preoperative level or need for acute RRT

Yes

Jammer and colleagues [45]

ScVO2 >75%

Intraoperative

CVC

Colloid boluses 3 ml/kg HES in GDT group. Maintenance fluid 100 ml/hour in GDT vs. 800 ml/hour in controls

SCr increase >33%

Yes

  1. Statistically significant greater fluid administration in goal-directed therapy (GDT) deemed clinically insignificant (difference <500 ml). AKI, acute kidney injury; AKIN, Acute Kidney Injury Network; CI, cardiac index; CKD, chronic kidney disease; CVP, central venous pressure; CVC, central venous catheter; DO2I, oxygen delivery index; FTc, corrected flow time; HES, hydroxyethyl starch; O2 ER, oxygen extraction ratio; PAOP, pulmonary artery occlusion pressure; POSSUM, Physiological and Operative Severity Score for the Enumeration of Mortality and Morbidity; RRT, renal replacement therapy; sCr, serum creatinine; ScvO2, central venous oxygen saturation; SV, stroke volume; SVR, stroke volume ratio; SVV, stroke volume variation; UO, urine output; VO2I, oxygen consumption index. FloTrac, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA; Lidco, LiDCO Group, London, UK; Vigileo, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA. aStatistically, but not clinically significantly larger FR in GDT group (<500 ml).