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. 2012 Nov 14;2012(11):CD004082. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004082.pub5

Donati 2007.

Methods RCT
Multicentre study
Participants 135 patients
Elective abdominal surgery
Interventions Intraoperative
Fluids and inotropes
Goals = Oxygen extraction (02ER)
Outcomes New postoperative organ failure
Number of organ failures during ICU stay
ICULOS
HLOS
Hospital mortality
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk "Randomization was based on a permuted‐ block algorithm"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk "Patients were randomized to one of the two groups of treatment by a telephone system"
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not explained
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not explained
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No missing data
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk All anticipated outcomes were reported
Other bias Unclear risk No other sources of bias identified