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Table 3 Fluid volumes given

From: Perioperative clinical and economic outcomes associated with replacing first-generation high molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch (Hextend®) with low molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch (Voluven®) at a large medical center

 

2009 ( n= 2,098)

2010 ( n= 2,790)

P value

Total N

Mean or n

SD or percentage

Total N

Mean or n

SD or percentage

Hextend intraop (ml) (mean, SD)

1,906

767

301.8

    

Hextend given in PACU (ml) (mean, SD)

51

578.4

215

    

Hextend entire case (ml) (mean, SD)

1,941

773.1

306.9

    

Voluven given intraop (ml) (mean, SD)

   

2,650

905.8

495.5

 

Voluven given in PACU (mean, SD)

   

263

645.3

260.7

 

Voluven entire case (ml) (mean, SD)

   

2,772

933.7

518.4

 

Plasmanate total (mean, SD)

220

467.4

346.9

31

460.5

267.8

0.5029

Lactated Ringer’s intraop (mean, SD)

1,861

2,232.7

1,324.7

2,591

1,943.7

1,098.5

<0.0001

Lactated Ringer’s PACU (mean, SD)

87

536.2

432.1

104

471.6

388.1

0.2710

Tot lac. Ringer’s (ml) (mean, SD)

1,865

2,252.9

1,332.5

2,596

1,958.9

1,106.2

<0.0001

Normal saline intraop (mean, SD)

335

932.7

766.9

488

940

739.4

0.7984

Normal saline PACU (mean, SD)

12

175.3

158.1

45

194

205.7

0.8882

Tot N saline (ml) (Mean, SD)

344

914.5

767.4

524

892.1

744.5

0.5633

RBC’s intraop (mean, SD)

388

1,166.7

1,406.3

505

1,058.3

1,084.5

0.4291

RBC’s PACU (mean, SD)

72

597.9

313.6

82

557.6

227.9

0.8751

RBC’s total (mean, SD)

433

1,144.9

1,342.3

564

1,028.7

1,039.8

0.1790

FFP intraop (mean, SD)

123

1,069.5

1,095.3

171

947.7

938.8

0.1482

FFP PACU (mean, SD)

10

407.2

150.6

8

485.9

160.6

0.4205

Tot FFP (ml) (mean, SD)

131

1,035.3

1,071.2

177

937.5

926.6

0.2260

Cryoprecipitate intraop (mean, SD)

10

161.6

68.5

30

149.5

94.3

0.3885

Cryoprecipitate total (mean, SD)

10

161.6

68.5

31

147.9

93.1

0.3502

  1. Intraop, intra-operative; ml, milliliters; PACU, post-anesthesia care units; Tot, Total; ml, milliliters; Lac, lactated Ringer’s; N, normal; RBC, red blood cell; FFP, fresh frozen plasma.