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Table 1 Ten major surgical procedures queried in the UHC database, corresponding ICD9 codes, and studies showing morbidity reduction with GDFT

From: Tackling the economic burden of postsurgical complications: would perioperative goal-directed fluid therapy help?

Surgical procedure

ICD9 codes

Author (reference)

Abdominal aortic aneurysm open repair

38.44

Benes [15], Kuper [19], Lobo [20], Pearse [22], Wilson [29]

Aorto-iliac and peripheral bypass

39.25, 39.29

Bisgaard [16], Kuper [19], Pearse [22], Wilson [29]

Esophagectomy

42.40, 42.41, 42.42

Boyd [17], Kuper [19], Lobo [20], Pearse [22], Wilson [29]

Gastrectomy

43.5, 43.6, 43.7, 43.81, 43.89, 43.91, 43.99

Boyd [17], Kuper [19], Lobo [20], Pearse [22], Wilson [29]

Colectomy

45.71-45.76, 45.79, 45.81-45.83

Benes [15], Gan [18], Kuper [19], Noblett [21], Pearse [22], Ramsingh [24], Wakeling [28]

Resection of rectum

48.40, 48.43, 48.49-48-52, 48.59, 48.61-48.65, 48.69

Benes [15], Gan [18], Kuper [19], Noblett [21], Pearse [22], Ramsingh [24], Wakeling [28], Wilson [29]

Hepatectomy

50.22, 50.3

Pearse [22], Ueno [26],

Pancreatectomy

52.51-52.53, 52.59, 52.6, 52.7

Benes [15], Lobo [20], Ramsingh [24]

Total cystectomy

57.71, 57.79

Boyd [17], Gan [18], Kuper [19], Pearse [22], Pillai [23], Ramsingh [24], Wilson [29]

Femur & hip fracture repair

79.15, 79.25, 79.35, 79.85, 79.95

Kuper [19], Sinclair [25], Venn [27]

  1. UHC, University HealthSystem Consortium; GDFT, goal directed fluid therapy.