Does central venous oxygen saturation-directed fluid therapy affect postoperative morbidity after colorectal surgery? A randomized assessor-blinded controlled trial.

Background: The optimal amount and method for monitoring intravenous fluid in surgical patients is unresolved. Central venous oxygen saturation (Scvo2) has been used to guide therapy and predict outcome in high-risk and intensive-care patients. The aim of this prospective, randomized trial was to compare the rate of postoperative complications in patients receiving fluid therapy guided by Scvo2 and those treated with a traditional effluent fluid scheme.

[Paediatric anaesthesia].

Background: Paediatric anaesthesia comprises newborn, infants and children, necessitating a variety of techniques and approaches.

Material And Methods: This review is based on textbooks in paediatric anaesthesia, papers from major anaesthetic journals and many years of clinical experience.

Results: Only a few Norwegian university hospitals have full-time paediatric anaesthesiologists.