Perioperative Plasma Volume Expansion Reduces the Incidence of Gut Mucosal Hypoperfusion During Cardiac Surgery

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that perioperative plasma volume expansion would preserve gut mucosal perfusion during elective cardiac surgery. DESIGN: Prospective randomized open study. SETTING: Teaching hospital. PATIENTS: Sixty American Society of Anesthesiology grade III patients with a preop... View More