Bioimpedance Spectroscopy Improves Perioperative Fluid Therapy: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Goal of the Study: Patients who undergo general anesthesia receive intravenous fluid therapy for surgical procedures. However, excessive fluid administration is associated with increased postoperative morbidity and mortality [1]. The present study aimed at determining whether perioperative fluid therapy can be optimized with bioimpedance spectroscopy-based measurements of fluid volume status. Specifically, we tested the hypothesis that significantly more patients under guidance with bioimpedance spectroscopy are normovolemic after gynecologic surgery compared to a control group. Methods: In this prospective, ran…