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Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E. pp 671–680Cite as

Postoperative Fluid Management

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Abstract

Major surgery is associated with a number of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders, which can be ascribed to a number of different causes, including blood loss, volume resuscitation, tissue trauma, cardiovascular instability, changes in body temperature and renal dysfunction. In both the immediate and late postoperative phases, the increased reabsorption of sodium and water, driven by the trauma-induced neurohormonal response to stress, further aggravate the ongoing disturbances of the internal milieu [1]. Thus, both the choice of fluids and the strategy of their administration are of paramount importance in order to prevent or reduce the occurrence of potentially harmful disturbances of fluid and electrolytes.

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  1. Department of Clinical Sciences, Section of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Clinic, Trieste University School of Medicine, Trieste, Italy

    G. Berlot, A. Tomasini & U. Lucangelo

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Berlot, G., Tomasini, A., Lucangelo, U. (2002). Postoperative Fluid Management. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2099-3_56

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