The Risk of Postoperative Infectious Complications Following Massive Intraoperative Blood Loss During Gynaecologic Laparotomy: Retrospective Cohort Study.

Purpose: To determine whether massive intraoperative blood loss (MIBL) was independently associated with postoperative infectious complications after gynaecologic laparotomy.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing gynaecologic laparotomy who were exposed or not exposed to MIBL. The outcome of interest was composite postoperative febrile morbidity.

Comparing the accuracy of ES-BC, EIS-GS, and ES Oxi on body composition, autonomic nervous system activity, and cardiac output to standardized assessments.

Background And Purpose: THE ELECTRO SENSOR COMPLEX (ESC) IS SOFTWARE THAT COMBINES THREE DEVICES USING BIOELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE, GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE, AND SPECTROPHOTOMETRY: (1) ES-BC (Electro Sensor-Body Composition; LD Technology, Miami, FL) to assess body composition, (2) EIS-GS (Electro Interstitial Scan-Galvanic Skin; LD Technology) to predict autonomic nervous system activity, and (3) ES Oxi (Electro Sensor Oxi; LD Technology) to assess cardiac output. The objective of this study was to compare each to a standardized assessment: ES-BC to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), EIS-GS to heart rate variability, and ES Oxi to BioZ Dx Diagnostic System (BioZ Dx; SonoSite Inc, Bothell, WA).

Patients And Methods: The study was conducted in two waves.