Effects of Minimal Extracorporeal Circulation on the Systemic Inflammatory Response and the Need for Transfusion after Coronary Bypass Grafting Surgery

Table 3

Postoperative data of the patients.

		Group C	Group M
Length of hospital stay (day)	(mean ± SD)	6.59 ± 1.42	7.09 ± 1.79
Ventilation time (hour)	(mean ± SD)	10.46 ± 1.83	6.21 ± 1.73
ICU stay (hour)	(mean ± SD)	41.77 ± 21.66	34.83 ± 18.42
Drainage volume (cc)	(mean ± SD)	672.22 ± 157.09	446.77 ± 134.12
İnotrope use	(n/%)	11 ± 40.7%	12 ± 38.7%
Red blood cell transfusion (U)	(mean.±SD)	1.70 ± 0.66	0.93 ± 0.89
Fresh frozen plasma transfusion (U)	(mean ± SD)	2.51 ± 1.05	0.93 ± 0.20
Platelet transfusion (ml)	(mean ± SD)	0.23 ± 0.10	0.22 ± 0.10

ICU: intensive care unit.