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Perioperative Quality Initiative consensus statement on goal-directed haemodynamic therapy

Perioperative Quality Initiative consensus statement on goal-directed haemodynamic therapy
Perioperative Quality Initiative consensus statement on goal-directed haemodynamic therapy

Perioperative goal-directed haemodynamic therapy (GDHT) includes a variety of protocolised approaches to the assessment and management of the circulatory system and blood flow for patients undergoing surgery. Here we present updated consensus statements on perioperative GDHT developed during the 11th Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) consensus conference meeting held in London, UK in June, 2023. Statements relating to the definitions, components, and underlying physiology surrounding GDHT are proposed. We recommend considering use of GDHT in specific settings including during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), after cardiac surgery, and during hip fracture surgery. However, the level of evidence is weak in these settings. Clinicians can consider use of GDHT protocols on an individual patient basis for moderate- to high-risk patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery; however, we recommend against use of fixed low-dose inotrope infusions as part of GDHT protocols. We do not recommend routine use of GDHT protocols for patients undergoing major elective abdominal surgery. There is currently insufficient evidence to recommend routine use of GDHT during emergency abdominal surgery. Future research should focus on individualisation of GDHT to individual patients' haemodynamic requirements, newer paradigms such as technology-assisted delivery of GDHT protocols, and the role of predictive models using artificial intelligence.

cardiac output, fluid therapy, goal-directed haemodynamic therapy, inotropes, perioperative blood pressure
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PeriOperative Quality Initiative 11 (POQI-11) Group Members (2025) Perioperative Quality Initiative consensus statement on goal-directed haemodynamic therapy. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 135 (3), 547-560. (doi:10.1016/j.bja.2025.05.033).

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Perioperative goal-directed haemodynamic therapy (GDHT) includes a variety of protocolised approaches to the assessment and management of the circulatory system and blood flow for patients undergoing surgery. Here we present updated consensus statements on perioperative GDHT developed during the 11th Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) consensus conference meeting held in London, UK in June, 2023. Statements relating to the definitions, components, and underlying physiology surrounding GDHT are proposed. We recommend considering use of GDHT in specific settings including during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), after cardiac surgery, and during hip fracture surgery. However, the level of evidence is weak in these settings. Clinicians can consider use of GDHT protocols on an individual patient basis for moderate- to high-risk patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery; however, we recommend against use of fixed low-dose inotrope infusions as part of GDHT protocols. We do not recommend routine use of GDHT protocols for patients undergoing major elective abdominal surgery. There is currently insufficient evidence to recommend routine use of GDHT during emergency abdominal surgery. Future research should focus on individualisation of GDHT to individual patients' haemodynamic requirements, newer paradigms such as technology-assisted delivery of GDHT protocols, and the role of predictive models using artificial intelligence.

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Accepted/In Press date: 25 May 2025
e-pub ahead of print date: 9 July 2025
Published date: 1 September 2025
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2025
Keywords: cardiac output, fluid therapy, goal-directed haemodynamic therapy, inotropes, perioperative blood pressure

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Local EPrints ID: 504633
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/504633
ISSN: 0007-0912
PURE UUID: 08f0486e-225b-46f4-9000-b63b50344fbe
ORCID for Michael P.W. Grocott: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9484-7581

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Date deposited: 16 Sep 2025 17:03
Last modified: 17 Sep 2025 01:45

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Author: Mark R. Edwards
Author: Gudrun Kunst
Author: Lui G. Forni
Author: Desirée Chappell
Author: Timothy E. Miller
Author: Georg Auzinger
Author: Tong J. Gan
Author: Mark R. Edwards
Author: Nick Fletcher
Author: Lui G. Forni
Author: Gudrun Kunst
Author: Vicki Morton-Bailey
Author: Vicki Morton-Bailey
Author: Marlies Ostermann
Author: Jacob Raphael
Author: Bernd Saugel
Author: Daniel I. Sessler
Author: Andrew D. Shaw
Author: Alexander Zarbock
Corporate Author: PeriOperative Quality Initiative 11 (POQI-11) Group Members

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