A 62-year-old woman with peritonitis suspected of intestinal perforation who underwent exploratory laparotomy. Patients with ASA 2 physical status with geriatrics, leukocytosis, hypokalemia, hypoalbuminemia. The patient was under general anesthesia with epidural analgesia. The surgery rans for 5 hours. Postoperative patients were transferred to post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) and EC measurements were carried out before and after postoperative hemodynamic management. Changes in cardiac output seen by EC measurements by considering lactate values as microcirculation parameters can be used to predict hemodynamic responses to fluids.
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