BMC anesthesiology
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Multicenter Study
Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy and major postoperative complications in elective craniotomy. A retrospective analysis of a before-after multicentric study.
Goal-Directed Fluid Therapy (GDFT) is recommended to decrease major postoperative complications. However, data are lacking in intra-cranial neurosurgery. ⋯ In our before-after study, GDFT was not associated with a decrease in postoperative major complications in elective intra-cranial neurosurgery.