Table 1.

Basic and clinical characteristics of children of the two groups

Variables		Intervention group	Control group	P- value
Gender	Boy	14(35%)	20(50%)	*0.17
	Girl	26(65%)	20(50%)
Age (year)		2.42 ± 0.37	1.70 ± 0.36	0.17**
Weight (kg)		12. 90 ± 1.90	10.31 ± 1.48	0.28**
Height (cm)		77.19 ± 56. 33	71 ± 19.80	0.16**
Hemoglobin level before surgery		13. 46 ± 1.53	14.02 ± 1.66	0.12**
Duration of operation (minutes)		250.56 ± 62.92	259.58 ± 54.15	0.50**
Pump duration (minutes)		91. 30 ± 33. 28	93. 18 ± 34.36	0.80**
Aortic clamp duration (minutes)		64.59 ± 26.13	74.68 ± 32.70	0.14**
Temperature during operation		31.45 ± 1.91	31.13 ± 1.49	0.41**
Location of CVC	Right subclavian	20(50%)	25(5/62%)	0.71*
	Right jugular	14(35%)	10(25%)
	Left subclavian	4(10%)	3(7.5%)
	Left jugular	2(5%)	2(5%)
	Milrinone	22(55%)	17(42.5%)
Duration of intubation in the intensive care unit (hours)		37.45 ± 14.08	33.83 ± 9.98	0.29**
Length of PICU stay (days)		6. 63 ± 3.57	6. 15 ± 2.40	0.49**

* Chi-square test, ** independent t-test