Table 2.

Perioperative clinical management

	Standardized care		GDT
	Creatinine decline	Creatinine rise	Creatinine decline	Creatinine rise
Intraoperative
Duration of surgery  (min)	270  ±105	273  ± 125	256  ± 98	275  ± 117
General anaesthetic only	29  (45%)	14  (52%)	27  (39%)	7  (28%)
Intravenous fluid  (mL/kg/h)	13.4  ± 9.2	13.9  ± 7.4	13.3  ± 5.8	12.3  ± 5.0
Haemoglobin preoperative	12.9  ± 1.7	13.1  ± 1.5	12.2  ± 1.7	12.9  ± 1.3
Haemoglobin postoperative	10.9  ± 1.5	10.6  ± 1.7	10.6  ± 1.5	11.0  ± 1.7
Packed red cells  [n (%)]	9  (14%)	7  (26%)	18  (26%)	7  (28%)
Vasopressor infusion  [n (%)]	13  (20%)	8  (29%)	10  (14%)	8  (32%)
Lactate at end of surgery	1.9  ± 1.1	2.2  ± 1.2	2.1  ± 1.4	2.3  ± 1.2
Intervention period
APACHE II score	15  ± 5	17  ± 6	15  ± 6	16  ± 5
Gelatin  (mL/kg/h)	1.5  ± 1.3	2.1  ± 2.0	2.9  ± 1.7	2.7  ± 1.7
Blood transfusion  [n (%)]	7  (11%)	4  (15%)	15  (21%)	7  (28%)
Dobutamine infusion  [n (%)]	0	0	22  (31%)	13  (52%)

Data presented as mean   ±  standard deviation, median  (interquartile range) or n  (%). Excludes patients randomized but who met exclusion criteria by the end of their operation.