Table 1 Survey questions
From: Goal-directed fluid therapy- a survey of anaesthetists in the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand
Questions | Options |
|---|---|
Which country do you work in? | |
What is your place of practice? (choose as many as applicable) | Tertiary Hospital/District (Community) Hospital/Private practice |
What is your subspecialty interest? (up to three choices) | Abdominal Surgery/Non-abdominal general surgery/Orthopaedic surgery/Urology/Cardiothoracic surgery/Obstetrics/Gynaecology/Vascular Surgery/Neurosurgery/Otorhinolaryngology/Ophthalmology/Plastic Surgery/Paediatric Surgery/Trauma/Burns |
What is your current position? | Trainee/Consultant < 5 years/Consultant 5–10 years/Consultant > 10 years |
For adult patients having major elective surgery… | |
What is your preferred intraoperative crystalloid fluid? | Normal saline/Balanced salt solution/Dextrose saline/No preference |
What is your preferred intraoperative colloid fluid? | Succinylated gelatin/Tetrastarch/Pentastarch/Hetastarch/Albumin/Nil/No preference/Other |
What is your preferred intraoperative pressor? (please state type) | |
For adult patients undergoing major elective surgery, do you use goal-directed fluid therapy? | Always/Sometimes/Never |
If you use goal directed fluid therapy sometimes, when? (Choose as many as applicable) | Major surgery/Patients with significant comorbidities/Particular operations (state type)/Depending on Instrument availability/Random/Other |
If yes, what kind of surgery do you use goal directed fluid therapy in? (choose as many as applicable) | Abdominal Surgery/Non-abdominal general surgery/Orthopaedic surgery/Urology/Cardiothoracic surgery/Obstetrics/Gynaecology/Vascular Surgery/Neurosurgery/Otorhinolaryngology/Ophthalmology/Plastic Surgery/Paediatric Surgery/Trauma/Burns |
What are your preferred tools to conduct Goal Directed Fluid Therapy? (choose up to 3) | ODM/PPV monitors/SVV monitors/LiDCO/PAC/SvO2/PVI |
If you never use goal directed fluid therapy, why? (choose as many as applicable) | Lack of resources/Nil advantage perceived/Too labour intensive/Unsuitable patients/Lack of experience with instruments |
If existing barriers were removed (e.g. lack of resources/training), would you like to use Goal Directed Fluid Therapy? | Yes/No/Undecided |