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Table 2 Patient characteristics during and 24 h after surgery

From: Goal-directed fluid restriction during brain surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial

 

GDFR group (n = 73)

Control group (n = 72)

p value

Patient position

 Supine position (n)

41

45

0.500

 Left-lateral position (n)

18

14

0.549

 Right-lateral position (n)

12

10

0.818

 Prone position (n)

2

3

0.679

Beginning of surgery

 CI (ml/min/m2)

3 ± 1.2

NA

NA

 SVV (%)

12 ± 5

NA

NA

During surgery

 Crystalloids (ml/kg/h)

3 ± 0

5.0 ± 2.8

<0.001

 Colloids (ml/kg/h)

1.9 ± 1.1

3.9 ± 1.6

0.021

 Colloids (ml)

563 ± 550

1050 ± 548

<0.001

 Colloids (nb of bolus per patient)

3 ± 3

5 ± 3

<0.001

 Autologous blood transfusion (ml)

n = 5, 280 ± 109

n = 14, 375 ± 198

0.224

 Red blood cell (ml)

n = 3, 400 ± 200

n = 2, 400 ± 282

0.089

 Fresh frozen plasma (ml)

0

0

1

 Estimated blood loss (ml)

287 ± 179

305 ± 273

0.535

 Metaraminol (no. of patients)

39

18

<0.001

 Ephedrine (no. of patients)

40

21

<0.001

 Dopamine (no. of patients)

5

3

0.479

 Dobutamine (no. of patients)

1

0

0.319

 Norepinephrine (no. of patients)

3

3

0.981

End of surgery

 CI (ml/min/m2)

3.6 ± 0.7

NA

NA

 SVV (%)

7 ± 2

NA

NA

 Length of surgery (min)

274 ± 72

276 ± 66

0.864

 Dopamine (n)

1

0

0.319

 Norepinephrine (n)

0

1

0.312

24 h after surgery

 Crystalloids (ml/kg/h)

2.6 ± 1.3

2.6 ± 0.8

0.881

 Colloids (ml/kg/h)

0.2 ± 0.3

0.2 ± 0.3

0.868

 Blood (ml/kg/h)

0

0

0.746

 Fresh frozen plasma (ml)

0

0

0.744

 Estimated blood loss (ml)

98 ± 65

115 ± 99

0.206

 Norepinephrine (n)

3

3

0.981

 Dopamine (n)

5

3

0.479

 Vasodilatation therapy (n)

5

11

0.105

 Diuretic support (n)

45

38

0.281

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. CI cardiac index, HR heart rate, MAP mean arterial pressure, N/A not applicable, SVV stroke volume variation