The FEDORA Trial | TopMedTalk Top Ten

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This piece was originally presented during the Third Annual Quality Improvement Leadership Forum, 2018, at the Union League Club in Philidelphia.

The trial looked at the effect of goal-directed haemodynamic therapy on postoperative complications in low–moderate risk surgical patients: a multicentre randomised controlled trial (FEDORA trial).

Randomised Controlled Multicentre trial; n=420; GDHT vs Control

Conclusions:

"Oesophageal Doppler monitor-guided GDHT reduced postoperative complications and hospital length of stay in low–moderate risk patients undergoing intermediate risk surgery, with no difference in mortality at 180 days."

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http://bjanaesthesia.org/article/S0007-0912(17)54207-5/fulltext

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