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Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is conducted in 100 individuals. Biventricular function (i.e. systolic and diastolic properties), left ventricular filling pressures and level of venous return are assessed by TTE.
Moreover Troponine T and Nt-proBNP, ECG are collected.
The individualized goal-directed therapy (IGDT), with focus on level of venous return, will be implemented in two steps in the intervention group. First, preoperative optimizing of venous return will be performed 45 minutes before surgery in a preoperative room with TTE. Second, after induction of
Wound infections are common and serious complications of anesthesia and surgery. Even in patients who are kept normothermic and given supplemental oxygen, the incidence of wound infection after colon resection exceeds 5%. About 80% of these resections are done for colon cancer, the third leading