Research Article

The Effect of Cell Salvage on Bleeding and Transfusion Needs in Cardiac Surgery

Table 2

Perioperative fluid balance, extracorporeal circulation characteristics, and administration of coagulation products ((t): student’s t-test, (u): Mann-Whitney U-test, (x): x2 test).

Intraoperative dataGroup CS mean ± SD, (%)Group C mean ± SD, (%)

Total fluids intraoperatively (ml)3362.6 ± 1390.43107.2 ± 1077.50.149(t)
Urine before ECC (ml)128.7 ± 127.8123.6 ± 130.50.778(u)
Urine during ECC (ml)925.2 ± 834.7743.7 ± 419.70.053(u)
Urine after ECC (ml)518.2 ± 313.6540.9 ± 304.40.606(u)
Duration of ECC (min)135.5 ± 35.1125.8 ± 29.30.033(u)
Duration of aortic cross clamp (min)88.7 ± 29.181.4 ± 210.042(u)
Lower temperature during ECC (°C)31.3 ± 1.431 ± 1.40.144(u)
Colloids intraoperatively (ml)505.1 ± 50.3509.2 ± 67.40.615(t)
Fibrinogen intraoperatively (g)0.7 ± 1.00.7 ± 0.90.843(u)
PCC intraoperatively (IU/kg)30.3 ± 223.846.7 ± 287.60.646(u)
Tranexamic acid (mg)3398 ± 1186.23036.7 ± 1499.20.056(u)
DDAVP (IU)0.56 ± 4.00.93 ± 5.60.586(u)
CaCl2 (mg)878.8 ± 539.7749.5 ± 531.40.085(u)
“Take back”(4.1%)(3.7%)1.000(x)

The bold values indicate significantly different at p < 0.05.