title: Intraoperative fluid management guided by esophageal Doppler monitoring in major abdominal surgery utilizing the enhanced recovery after surgery program: a systematic review protocol.
abstract: The objectives of this review are to identify the effectiveness of esophageal Doppler monitoring (EDM) for goal-directed fluid therapy on postoperative outcomes during abdominal surgery when an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program is implemented.The specific question of this review is: does the guidance of fluid management by EDM versus fluid management without EDM affect the length of hospital stay, occurrence of postoperative infection, hemodynamic stability and 30-day postoperative complication rate in adult patients undergoing major abdominal surgery with ERAS or similar programs?
authors.affiliation: The Texas Christian University for Center for Evidence-Based Practice and Research: a Collaborating Center of the Joanna Briggs Institute.
authors.forename: Lindsay
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wuellner
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sutton
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D004947:Esophagus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005440:Fluid Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011184:Postoperative Period; D000078202:Systematic Reviews as Topic