RT Journal
A1 Thirlby RC
T1 Is my patient wet or dry? should my patient be wet or dry?: A first step in answering these queries: comment on “effect of the volume of fluids administered on intraoperative oliguria in laparoscopic bariatric surgery”
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 2012
FD March 1
VO 147
IS 3
SP 234
OP 235
DO 10.1001/archsurg.2011.1413
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2011.1413
AB 
There have been remarkable advances in anesthetic care in the last several decades. However, the recommendation to use urine output (0.5 mL/kg of body weight) to guide intraoperative fluid administration is rarely challenged. This study by Matot et al1 is an important contribution to the literature. Matot and colleagues convincingly suggest that patients undergoing laparoscopic gastric bypass are oliguric regardless of the amount of fluid administered. Furthermore, their data suggest that the cohort receiving less fluid may have better outcomes.