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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: During the interval from 7 to 72 hours, the patients assigned to early goal-directed therapy had a significantly higher mean (+ / - SD) central venous oxygen saturation (70. 4 + / -10. 7 percent vs. 65. 3 + / -11. 4 percent), a lower lactate concentration (3. 0 + / -4. 4 vs. 3. 9 + / -4. 4 mmol per liter), a lower base deficit (2. 0 + / -6. 6 vs. 5. 1 + / -6. 7 mmol per liter), and a higher pH (7. 40 + / -0. 12 vs. 7. 36 + / -0. 12) than the patients assigned to standard therapy (P < or = 0. 02 for all comparisons).