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. 2025 Mar;134(3):870-874.
doi: 10.1016/j.bja.2024.12.014. Epub 2025 Jan 20.

Association of a bundle intervention to address fluid shortages with intraoperative fluid use, total fluid balance, and postoperative outcomes

Felix Borngaesser  1 , Annika Bald  1 , Ling Zhang  1 , Tina Ramishvili  1 , Stephen J Lorenzen  1 , Michael L Rinke  1 , Simon T Schaefer  2 , Jeffrey Freda  1 , Philipp Fassbender  1 , Raja Thota  1 , Michael E Kiyatkin  1 , Andrew D Racine  1 , Matthias Eikermann  3
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Association of a bundle intervention to address fluid shortages with intraoperative fluid use, total fluid balance, and postoperative outcomes

Felix Borngaesser et al. Br J Anaesth. 2025 Mar.
No abstract available

Keywords: albumin; balanced electrolytes; crystalloids; fluid balance; fluid resuscitation; postoperative outcomes; saline; shortage.

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Declaration of interest ME is a member of the associate editorial board of the British Journal of Anaesthesia. The other authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Interrupted time series analyses of the intraoperative total amount of IV crystalloid use (a), net fluid balance (b), and postoperative creatinine (c) between January 1, 2024, and October 27, 2024. Mean daily values of outcome values were calculated and plotted on the y-axis (blue dots). Time is given on the x-axis. Black lines indicate the estimated trend from day to day. The red line shows the calculated trend during the observational period. The two dashed lines indicate the first notice of fluid shortage (left line) and the implementation of the bundle intervention (right line)
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