Objective The aim of this study is to identify preoperative patient-related prognostic factors
for anastomotic leakage, mortality, and major complications in patients undergoing …

Patients undergoing complex gastrointestinal surgery are at high risk of major postoperative
complications (eg, anastomotic leakage, sepsis), classified as Clavien-Dindo (CD)≥ IIIa …

Objective This review summarizes the peri-operative anesthesiological approaches to
esophagectomy considering the best up-to-date, evidence-based medicine, discussed from …

Background Intraoperative hypotension is associated with increased morbidity and mortality.
The Hypotension Prediction Index (HPI) is an advancement of the arterial waveform analysis …

Non-invasive methods to assess patients' fluid responsiveness during lung-protective
ventilation are needed. We hypothesized changes in the corrected carotid flow time induced …

Purpose We investigated whether preoperative inflammatory markers, ie, the neutrophil–
lymphocyte ratio (NLR), platelet–lymphocyte ratio (PLR), mean platelet volume (MPV), and …

Background Pulse pressure variation (PPV) is not reliable in predicting preload
responsiveness in patients receiving mechanical with spontaneous breathing (SB) activity …

Background Goal-directed therapy (GDT) aims to assure tissue perfusion, by optimizing
doses and timing of fluids, inotropes, and vasopressors, through monitoring of cardiac output …

Background An understanding of the impact of goal-directed fluid therapy (GDFT) on the
outcomes of patients undergoing one-lung ventilation (OLV) for thoracic surgery remains …

The continued accumulation of data and evidence for the benefits of enhanced recovery
techniques in thoracic and lung resection surgery will provide the thoracic anesthesiologist …