Goal-directed fluid therapy

Perioperative fluid therapy guidelines and fluid resuscitation goals for colic patients have advanced over recent years but the veterinary scientific literature is still sparse in this area. Accurate calculation of fluid deficits can be difficult, so it is important to re-evaluate changes in physical and clinicopathological variables during the fluid resuscitation process to avoid overhydration. Haemodilution of substances including erythrocytes, platelets, albumin and coagulation factors can have detrimental effects, and overhydration may lead to gastrointestinal tissue oedema and disruption of gastrointestinal motility. Intestinal motility can be disrupted by crystalloid-induced intramural oedema ...