Table 5.

 Perioperative data for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery (n=84 in each group). Figures are minutes unless stated otherwise

	Control	Intraoperative cell salvage	Combined treatment
Time from induction to theatre:
Median	25	26	34
Interquartile range	22-28	23-30	27-38
Range (min-max)	13-85	15-70	20-60
Time to complete acute perioperative nomovolaemic haemodilution:
Median	—	—	13
Interquartile range	—	—	11-17
Range (min-max)	—	—	6-30
Time aortic cross clamp used:
Median	39	39	29
Interquartile range	32-50	30-48	23-37
Range (min-max)	11-84	16-74	12-85
Time on cardiopulmonary bypass:
Median	66	67	63
Interquartile range	56-83	55-85	53-80
Range (min-max)	25-155	34-121	31-132
Time in surgery:
Median	160	160	154
Interquartile range	135-196	140-184	131-174
Range (min-max)	100-265	110-250	97-264
Time under anaesthetic:
Median	200	199	203
Interquartile range	179-230	176-226	179-222
Range (min-max)	135-319	102-305	134-333
Antifibrinolytic treatment:
No of patients	33	33	33