Perioperative individualised goal-directed therapy targeting stroke volume and oxygen delivery did not affect post-operative complications, intensive care unit or hospital length of stay in open elective abdominal aortic surgery.

Most units used a sedation scale, although other strategies to reduce the sedation level had not yet been fully introduced. Differences in pharmacological strategies were found between the Nordic countries, and some favourite drugs could be identified.

We found no association between increasing BMI and DTI.

Perioperative individualised goal-directed therapy may reduce post-operative complications in open elective lower limb arterial surgery.

Gastro-intestinal complement activation may contribute to postoperative parenchymatous liver cell injury and liver dysfunction in patients undergoing liver transplantation.