from Section 1 - Data Interpretation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 September 2026
A 60-year-old man is admitted to the ICU post-laparotomy and Hartmann’s procedure for gross faecal peritonitis secondary to a perforated sigmoid diverticulum, following a 1-month history of significant weight loss and poor oral intake. He has a background history of alcohol excess. He is now 4 hours postoperation and on a noradrenaline infusion running at 0.5 μg/kg/min, ventilated on pressure control ventilation and on 60% FiO2, and his observations are as follows.
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