A
re you making precise periopera-
tive management of fluids and
electrolytes a fundamental part of
your patients' overall treatment? Both too little and
excessive fluid during the intraoperative period can
adversely affect patient outcomes. In the low-risk patient undergoing
gynecology, urology and orthopedic procedures, intraoperative fluid
therapy improves such ambulatory anesthesia outcomes as pain, nau-
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Strategies for More Precise
Surgical Fluid Management
z INNOVATIVE IRRIGATION Evidence is increasing that perioperative
fluid therapy can affect important longer-term post-operative outcomes.
Mary
C.
Wilson,
BSN,
RN,
CNOR
Your intraoperative fluid therapy decisions
influence post-operative outcomes.
Dan O'Connor
Editor-in-Chief