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Table 4 Overall fluids administered in the intraoperative period and the first 24 postoperative hours

From: Observational study on fluid therapy management in surgical adult patients

 

ALL

Low-intermediate risk surgery & low risk patient

Low-intermediate risk surgery & high risk patient

High-very high risk surgery & low risk patient

High-very high risk surgery & high risk patient

N

 

N=6158

N=3729

N=917

N=971

N=541

 

Total volume administered in the intraoperative period

 Total ml/Kg Median [Q1;Q3]

8.33 [5.43;13.3]

7.69 [5.00;11.8]

8.33 [5.26;13.3]

11.1 [6.91;17.2]

12.5 [6.86;20.6]

6142

 Total ml/Kg/h surgery, Median [Q1;Q3]

6.35 [4.17;9.52]

6.67 [4.23;10.0]

6.00 [4.04;9.08]

6.41 [4.36;9.33]

5.46 [3.83;8.17]

6039

 Total ml/Kg + excipients, Median [Q1;Q3]

9.04 [6.00;14.3]

8.29 [5.56;12.3]

9.17 [5.81;14.1]

12.0 [7.78;18.3]

13.2 [7.62;21.8]

6158

 % excipients, N (%)

     

6142

 0%-3%

4457 (72.6%)

2728 (73.3%)

658 (72.2%)

678 (69.9%)

393 (72.9%)

 

 3%-6%

19 (0.31%)

9 (0.24%)

4 (0.44%)

5 (0.52%)

1 (0.19%)

 

 >6%

1666 (27.1%)

985 (26.5%)

249 (27.3%)

287 (29.6%)

145 (26.9%)

 

Total volume administered in the first 24 postoperative hours

 Total ml/Kg Median [Q1;Q3]

5.26 [2.86;9.24]

4.62 [2.67;7.65]

5.56 [2.94;10.0]

6.90 [3.85;12.8]

8.73 [4.15;18.3]

5511

 Total ml/Kg/h surgery, Median [Q1;Q3]

3.92 [2.15;7.32]

3.90 [2.12;7.19]

3.96 [2.14;7.88]

4.01 [2.35;7.10]

3.88 [2.00;7.50]

5420

 Total ml/Kg + excipients, Median [Q1;Q3]

5.56 [3.06;9.80]

5.00 [2.78;8.20]

5.92 [3.11;10.6]

7.40 [4.16;13.9]

9.21 [4.44;20.8]

5607

 % excipients, N (%)

     

5392

 0%-3%

4269 (79.2%)

2666 (81.1%)

618 (76.9%)

670 (77.9%)

315 (71.6%)

 

 3%-6%

5 (0.09%)

2 (0.06%)

3 (0.37%)

0 (0.00%)

0 (0.00%)

 

 >6%

1118 (20.7%)

620 (18.9%)

183 (22.8%)

190 (22.1%)

125 (28.4%)

 

Overall volume of fluid administered (intra- and first 24 postoperative hours)

 Total ml/Kg Median [Q1;Q3]

14.5 [9.45;22.6]

13.0 [8.61;19.3]

14.9 [9.38;23.2]

18.9 [11.9;30.5]

21.4 [12.8;37.0]

5495

 Total ml/Kg/h surgery, Median [Q1;Q3]

10.9 [7.27;16.7]

11.1 [7.30;17.2]

10.7 [7.20;16.8]

10.9 [7.63;16.2]

10.2 [6.99;14.7]

5406

 Total ml/Kg + excipients, Median [Q1;Q3]

15.4 [10.3;24.1]

13.9 [9.52;20.5]

15.7 [10.4;24.5]

20.2 [13.3;32.4]

22.7 [14.1;40.9]

5596

 % excipients, N (%)

     

5455

 0%-3%

3514 (64.4%)

2190 (65.9%)

510 (62.7%)

544 (62.4%)

270 (60.7%)

 

 3%-6%

65 (1.19%)

30 (0.90%)

12 (1.47%)

10 (1.15%)

13 (2.92%)

 

 >6%

1876 (34.4%)

1104 (33.2%)

292 (35.9%)

318 (36.5%)

162 (36.4%)