Research Article

The Correlation between the Change in Thoracic Fluid Content and the Change in Patient Body Weight in Fontan Procedure

Table 4

Comparisons of parameters between low TFCd0% group versus high TFCd0% group.

Low TFCd0% groupHigh TFCd0% groupvalue

Body weight gain (g)0.025
Body weight gain% (%)0.023
Intraop. fluid balance (ml)0.035
Absolute CVP value (mmHg)0.22
Change of CVP value (mmHg)0.758
ΔTFC (1/Ω)0.009

Values are presented as means ± SD;    versus low TFCd0% group. Intraop, intraoperative; CVP, central venous pressure; ΔTFC, difference in thoracic fluid content.