Impact of Melatonin as a Premedication Agent in Caesarean Section on Blood Loss and Postoperative Pain Level

Table 2

Comparison of mean and Sd. of hemoglobin and blood loss.

Mean and standard diffusion of Hb according to drugs preoperative and postoperative
Drugs	Preoperative mean and Sd.	Postoperative mean and Sd.	value	Blood loss (ml)
Melatonin	10.79 ± 1.24	10.08 ± 1.19	0.012	300.38 ± 83.46
Placebo	10.13 ± 1.30	9.07 ± 1.14	<0.001	448.38 ± 103.82
value				<0.001

SD, standard deviation; range, min–max; t1, Student’s t-test; t2, paired t-test; value compared between melatonin and placebo; compared preoperative and postoperative; significant when value <0.05.