The Association Between Postoperative Fluid Balance and Postoperative Complications in Adults Undergoing Gastrointestinal Surgery: Protocol for a Scoping Review

Abstract

Fluid balance in patients who have undergone gastrointestinal surgery is known to be challenging to monitor, resulting in imprecise and inaccurate measurements. Despite this knowledge, any association between fluid balance accuracy and the development of postoperative complications in the early postoperative period is limited. This scoping review aims to map the existing knowledge between fluid monitoring and the development of postoperative morbidity, mortality, and length of hospital stays (LoS) in patients who have undergone gastrointestinal surgery.